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IBM unveils Power6 processor: Who said more GHz needs more watts?

Will IBM's Power6 chip instigate the next Gigahertz war?TechRepublic blogger Arun Radhakrishnan discusses IBM's new Power6 chip, which promises double the performance of the earlier Power5+ processor. "IBM thus locks horns with Sun Microsystems and HP in the UNIX servers arena as well as competing with Intel and AMD's high-end...

Tags: Processors, UNIX, Sonja Thompson, IBM POWER6, IBM Corp., Arun Radhakrishnan, processor

Discussion threads 2007-05-22

Photos: IBM delivers Wii chips to Nintendo

The launch of Nintendo's Wii gaming console is getting closer as IBM delivers the first batch of processors.

Tags: batch, chip, console, game, IBM Corp., Nintendo Co. Ltd., Nintendo Wii, photograph, processor

Image galleries 2006-09-08

IBM's new high-end Unix servers

Big Blue's systems now come with a new 2.3GHz Power5+ processor--its rival to Intel's recently launched "Montecito."

Tags: Servers, Montecito, Unix server, IBM Corp., Unix, processor, Intel Corp., server

Image galleries 2006-07-24

Octopiler seeks to arm Cell programmers

IBM's Octopiler converts a single, human-written program into several different programs that run simultaneously on the various cores in the Cell chip. By automating the task of programming for multiple cores, the tool could help remove a barrier to wider use of Cell-based servers, which IBM and Mercury Computer Systems...

Tags: Cell, cell chips, garbage, ibm, IBM Corp., IBM Octopiler, mercury, news, octopiler, processor, programming, servers, Sonja Thompson, tools

Discussion threads 2006-02-23

Processor differences can complicate cross-platform development

Developing software for multiple platforms means accounting for the variations and idiosyncrasies of each system--an exercise in experimentation and frustration for a lot of programmers. Write Portable Code, recently released by No Starch Press, is geared toward intermediate to advanced developers who are designing cross-platform software, trying to expand their...

Tags: performance, exercise, IBM Corp., alignment, byte, developer, experimentation, frustration, idiosyncrasy, programmer, computer, desktop, processor, accounting, Intel XScale, storage requirement, software, storage

Download resources 2005-08-04

The World's Fastest Computer but..is the human brain more intelligent????

The World's Fastest Computer but..is the human brain more intelligent????can it beat Gary Kasparov in Chess?? ( possibly the greatest chess player of all time! ) or even conquer Human's in other classic games like "Go"??Gary Kasparov proved how intelligent the human mind is by conquering Deep Blue and matching...

Tags: ASC Purple, Black Panther, Blue Gene/L, computer, Don Johnston, hardware, human vs computer, IBM Corp., is the brain more intelligent?, supercomputer, supercomputer battle

Discussion threads 2005-06-03

Sources: IBM ditching Itanium altogether

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Tags: Processors, Chipsets, Servers, Intel Itanium, IBM Corp., server, Intel Corp., processor, chipset

Technical articles 2005-02-28

Intel names top Itanium target: IBM

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Tags: Processors, Servers, Intel Itanium, Intel Corp., processor, Pat Gelsinger, Intel Xeon, IBM Corp., server

Technical articles 2005-03-02

IBM to use X factor to sell servers

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Tags: Chipsets, Semiconductors, Servers, chipset, server, IBM Corp., processor

Technical articles 2005-02-23

IBM brings Power5 to low-end Unix server

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Tags: Processors, Operating systems, Unix server, IBM Corp., IBM POWER5, Unix, processor, server

Technical articles 2005-02-09

HP to debut new Opteron servers Monday

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Tags: Processors, Semiconductors, Network technology, Servers, AMD Opteron, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., chip, Hewlett-Packard Co., server, processor

Technical articles 2005-02-11

IBM's Blue Gene/L goes on sale

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Tags: IBM Corp., Blue Gene, processor, Blue Gene/L, IBM Blue Gene/L

Technical articles 2004-11-08

IBM supercomputing goes retro

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Tags: Processors, IBM supercomputing, supercomputing, IBM Corp., processor, Viva, IBM POWER5, Cray Inc., supercomputer

Technical articles 2004-10-26

IBM supercomputing goes retro

Never is a Long Time...Perhaps "soon to Famous" Last Words, from Cray engineer: Steve Scott, an X1 chief architect. "Trying to hook multiple scalar processors into a vector processor is never going to be as effective as a real vector processor."This remark may sound like Bill Gates' remark in the...

Tags: Dilbert-Tom, IBM Corp., IBM supercomputing, processor, retro, supercomputing

Discussion threads 2004-10-26

IBM attacks UNIX rivals with Power5

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Tags: Processors, Operating systems, Servers, IBM Corp., Unix, Sun Microsystems Inc., processor, IBM POWER5, Hewlett-Packard Co., server

Technical articles 2004-07-13

Build Your Skills: Speed still matters when it comes to servers

Shows how adding more processors and memory, using a larger number of cheaper, networked servers, and dividing the tasks can help server performanceBy Larry SeltzerI've heard it argued for many years that "computers are fast enough." I finally accepted this argument recently with respect to the average business desktop, but...

Tags: Performance management, Servers, Processors, Operating systems, ZDNet  , IBM Corp., server, processor, virtual machine, Linux, performance, operating system

Technical articles 2002-02-20

IT Manager diary: Robert Young (Thursday & Friday)

It's the final installment of IT manager Robert Young's weeklong journal. On tap—a meeting with the folks from IBM to discuss a processor install.This week, IT Manager Republic has featured the daily diary of Robert Young, an MVS Systems Programmer for Capital One in Richmond, VA. He is the technical...

Tags: Operating systems, Servers, Guest Contributor, diary, IBM Corp., Robert Young, IBM OS/390, processor, e-mail

Technical articles 2000-07-20

Hardware Management Console External Connectivity Security for IBM POWER Processor-Based Systems

This paper describes data that is exchanged between the Hardware Management Console HMC and the IBM Service Delivery Center SDC and the methods and protocols for this exchange. All the functionality that is described in the paper refers to HMC version V6.1.0 and later. The HMC uses various methods for...

Tags: Security, Processor, Console, Hardware, Management Console, IBM Corp.

White papers 2007-01-12

zAAPs and zIIPs: Increasing the Strategic Value of System z

With the addition of IBM System z application assist processors zAAPs and integrated information processors zIIPs to the portfolio of special-purpose IBM System z processors, the reinvention of the IBM mainframe continues. Jointly, zAAPs and zIIPs provide significant IBM System z9 integrated and cost-effective processing cycles for nowadays strategic Java...

Tags: Processor, IBM z/OS, IBM Corp., Utility Computing, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Hardware

White papers 2007-01-09

IBM System p Virtualization Technologies - Workload Partitions (WPARs) and Shared Processor LPARs

The paper describes related capabilities of System p Advanced POWER Virtualization APV and AIX with respect to resource virtualization and mobility. It focuses on the Shared Processor LPAR SPLPAR feature of POWER5 and POWER6 based System p servers and Workload Partitions WPAR introduced with AIX Version 6.1. Both cover similar...

Tags: Processor, IBM AIX, IBM POWER6, IBM Corp., UNIX, Virtualization, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

White papers 2007-12-01