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Re: Power6 on System i

Steve,

i5/OS runs on POWER. PowerPC is a subset used for Apple mac (previous
generation), AIX, Linux, but not for i5/OS.

Get-to-market time has nothing to do with speed. Your question has nothing
to do with get-to-market.

Trevor


On 5/23/07 2:22 PM, "Steve Richter" <stephenrichter@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On 5/23/07, Trevor Perry <trevor@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
David,

Frank also talked about the differences between Power and PowerPC. Power is
a superset of PowerPC, and i5/OS uses the complete superset.

I dont follow. i5/OS runs on PowerPC.

Since AIX and
Linux use the PowerPC subset, they can get to market far quicker than i5/OS
can on a new Power chip.

The new Power6 runs twice as fast as the Power5+. Why would i5/OS not
run, without customization, twice as fast on the new Power chip?

-Steve



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