RE: POWER5 -- MIDRANGE-L

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midrange-l-request@midrange.com wrote:

>Instead of using a sequence of instructions to perform a common function,
>the operating system will use a single instruction that causes the entire
>function to be performed by the POWER5 microprocessor hardware. Examples of
>these common functions include TCP/IP processing,


Wow... single-instruction TCP/IP processing...! Now THAT'S a chip!

(Heh, I suspect the article glossed over the reality, eh?)


>When POWER6 arrives in 2006, it is expected to extend the Fast Path idea to
>even higher-level software such as DB2 and WebSphere processing.


Double-Wow! Single-instruction DB2! and WebSphere!

Heh. Just musing on Friday.

Tom Liotta

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