Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 9th Apr 2008 21:51 UTC
"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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RE: Is IBM going the wrong way?
by chicklin on Thu 10th Apr 2008 15:23
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IBM is not playing the "ghz game". If you knew anything about these systems you'd know that they put just as much, if not more, effort into designing a well-balanced, high I/O throughput platform to host the processor. The 5Ghz chip is just the cherry on top.
Yeah, "Rock" looks neat. Unfortunately, it's all hype at this point. Let me know when you can actually buy a server with one in it.
RE: Is IBM going the wrong way?
by rdean400 on Sat 12th Apr 2008 17:22
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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