RE: Power6 on System i

Eric,

The trend towards hardware platform consolidation has been long in the
making...

Don in DC

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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of DeLong, Eric
Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 10:51 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: RE: Power6 on System i

It's the eCLipz (enhanced core logic for iSeries, pSeries and z Series)
project..... Rumors abound, but IBM isn't talking about it....

Eric

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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Steve Landess
Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 9:28 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Power6 on System i


David -

I was told by someone in the know that with the P6 hardware that the
mainframe was going to be assimilated into this hardware architecture.

I.E., IBM will announce the availability of z/OS on the new P6 midrange
hardware platform...

- Steve

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Gibbs" <david@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 8:31 AM
Subject: Power6 on System i

I heard from a co-worker, who was at COMMON UK, that Frank Soltis
announced that there were new System p models using the Power 6
technology where the chip speed is 4.7 GHZ with no special cooling
requirements. Apparently Intel could not do this and had to withdraw
their fast processors from the market a while back. He was thrilled.
When they pre-announced last year clock speeds of 4-5 in the press some
analysts called them liars. He seemed vindicated.

He also mentioned to expect new System i models NEXT year using this
technology.

david

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