<p><pre><code>     In partnership with IBM we researched PostgreSQL scalability on modern Power8 servers. 
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That statement and the linked Russian blog white paper[1] makes it seem like a Power8 specific and Power8 is a &quot;a massively multithreaded chip&quot;[2]. I wonder how far off it would be to x86-64?<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;habrahabr.ru&#x2F;company&#x2F;postgrespro&#x2F;blog&#x2F;270827&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;habrahabr.ru&#x2F;company&#x2F;postgrespro&#x2F;blog&#x2F;270827&#x2F;</a><p>[2] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;POWER8" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;POWER8</a>