IBM Power 11
IBM's current generation of Power processor and server hardware, announced July 8, 2025 and generally available July 25, 2025, carrying forward Power10's on-chip Matrix Math Acceleration and becoming the first Power generation to support the IBM Spyre Accelerator card.
Power 11 timeline
- Jul 8, 2025IBM announces Power11, its first major refresh since Power10.
- Jul 25, 2025General availability.
- Early Dec 2025The Spyre Accelerator card becomes generally available for Power 11.
- Jul 2026The entry-level Power S1112 arrives, announced July 15 and available July 24.
The Power 11 server lineup
Maximum cores per server
Maximum memory
| Server | Maximum memory |
|---|---|
| Power E1180 | 64 TB DDR5 |
| Power E1150 | 16 TB |
| Power S1124 | 8 TB |
| Power S1122 | 4 TB |
| Power S1112 | 512 GB |
IBM Power Virtual Server on IBM Cloud also launched with the lineup.
Which IBM i release you need
- IBM i 7.6 with the Power11 GA PTF Group
- IBM i 7.5 Technology Refresh 6
- IBM i 7.4 Technology Refresh 12
The licensing change
The Power 11 launch moved the P20 and P30 IBM i software tiers to subscription-only licensing.
Related Terms
Matrix Math Acceleration (MMA)
An on-chip acceleration feature in IBM Power10 and Power11 processors that speeds up the matrix math operations used in AI inferencing, without requiring a separate GPU.
IBM Spyre Accelerator
A PCIe4 AI inferencing card IBM ships for IBM Z, LinuxONE and Power11 systems to offload generative and agentic AI workloads from the main processor. On Power11 it is driven from a Red Hat Enterprise Linux or Red Hat OpenShift AI partition, and as of September 2026 IBM has not documented a way to use it from an IBM i partition.
IBM Power S1112
IBM's entry-level, single-socket Power11 server, announced July 15, 2026 and generally available July 24, 2026, built for edge and branch AI inferencing with on-chip Matrix Math Acceleration. It is the first Power11 machine available in IBM i's low-cost P05 software tier.
IBM i
IBM's operating system for Power servers running traditional AS/400-lineage business applications, with Db2 for i built directly into the OS.
Power Autonomous Operations
Power Autonomous Operations is IBM's AI agent for the Power systems underneath IBM i. It monitors, diagnoses and resolves capacity issues. GA September 23, 2026.