Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 9th Apr 2008 21:51 UTC
IBM "The rest of the server world can play with their piddling 2-3GHz chips. IBM, meanwhile, is prepared to deal in the 5GHz realm. The hardware maker has unveiled a Power6-based version of its highest-end Unix server - the Power 595. The box runs on 32 dual-core 5GHz Power6 processors, making it a true performance beast. This big box completes a protracted roll out of the Power6 chip across IBM's Unix server line."
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Is IBM going the wrong way?
by Don T. Bothers on Thu 10th Apr 2008 11:28 UTC
Don T. Bothers
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How many cores does their Power 6 support? How much power does it draw? Intel had reached this speed 4 years ago but was still being embarrassed by AMD running at half the clock speed. Why does IBM think the game is still a ghz game? I am far more interested in this product: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_processor