The scale-up chips (used in the E950 and E980 only) aren't the only SMT8 chips. The scale-out chips (Sforza, Monza, LaGrange) can be fused as SMT4 or SMT8, but

The scale-up chips (used in the E950 and E980 only) aren't the only SMT8 chips. The scale-out chips (Sforza, Monza, LaGrange) can be fused as SMT4 or SMT8, but IBM doesn't appear to sell SMT8-fused chips for other parties. If a given IBM server runs PowerVM, it's SMT8. You may find this table of mine helpful (assembled from various sources and partially inferred, so accuracy not guaranteed, but it represents my understanding): https://www.devever.net/~hl/f/SERVERS https://www.devever.net/~hl/f/SERVERS