The Unix Guardian--Power6 Comes in 2007, No Slip into 2008 for the System p

Newsletters	Subscriptions	Forums	Safari	Store	Career	Media Kit	About Us	Contact	Search	Home

Volume 4, Number 5 -- February 8, 2007

Power6 Comes in 2007, No Slip into 2008 for the
System p

Published: February 8, 2007

by Timothy Prickett Morgan

Unix customers and resellers who are looking forward to IBM's forthcoming Power6-based servers might have been a little perplexed about a story we ran last week. In that story, which discussed two big supercomputer deals that Big Blue had taken down, the announcement said that Power6 chips would be engines in the next generation of "eServer systems planned for 2008." Which begged the question, what happened to 2007?

As it turns out, Power6 is still on track. "There was a date error in the Max Planck press release you saw," explained an IBM spokesperson in an email after the story ran. "The Power6 launch is still planned for 2007. Here is the press release with the corrected date. Sorry for the error." The revised announcement also killed off the eServer brand, which has been dead since last summer when IBM re-adopted its orphaned "Systems" name for its servers. "Power6 is the advanced microprocessor that will power next-generation IBM servers planned for 2007," it now says. And that is IBM's final answer. The question now--and one that IBM's marketeers are probably having long meetings over--is whether IBM will call these Power6 machines the System p6. And what will it do in 2020 when the Power9 needs a kicker? Will IBM buy another digit and go all the way to System p10? Only time will tell.

Just to refresh your memory, the Max Planck Society, a prestigious physics research institution in Germany and a frequent buyer of Power-based supercomputers from IBM, is paying an undisclosed sum to have IBM build a cluster of Power6 servers that will have over 100 teraflops of aggregate number-crunching power. Max Planck's current supercomputer is a cluster of p5 575 servers with 688 processors that is rated at a sustained performance of 4.6 teraflops. That's a big upgrade.

Sponsored By
MKS

You're at Bat, and It's Time for a "Change Up".
Change Up to MKS Implementer and MKS Integrity
for Application Lifecycle Management - Move to MKS NOW and SAVE!

Has the recent acquisition of your change management provider thrown you a curve ball?
Is your vendor offering you loosely coupled tools, leaving you with information gaps and a technical headache? Can your current change management solution meet your needs
today - and tomorrow?

This isn't slow pitch.

The world of software development is moving at a rapid pace and you need to be ready to meet new demands. Change management is a vital component of your business -- the foundation for compliance, for modernization, for process control and risk management. You need a vendor that can keep up with these business demands.

A winning team, less risk, more advantages.

Join a team that is reliable, steadfast and dedicated to delivering tangible business results to System i5 customers as well as cross-platform teams. MKS is firmly dedicated to the change management market and has a clear product roadmap. MKS's Implementer for software change management and deployment has a reputation of technical excellence with large and small customers across every industry.

Make the change up - move to MKS NOW and SAVE!

For a limited time MKS will help you make the move with special pricing when you purchase Implementer with MKS Integrity - giving you integrated workflow, complete audit trails and
coverage of the application lifecycle as well as a platform to manage both System i5 and
cross-platform development.

Visit the Products section of the MKS website for more information on
Implementer and MKS Integrity.

Click here to request more information on our time limited "change up" offer.

Download the white paper:
"Managing iSeries Development in the Application Modernization Era."

The time is now to make the switch.

Call MKS today at 1-800-613-7535 to discuss your options, and while you're at it, request a
FREE change management process assessment by our team of experts with over 40 years of experience in the midrange market.

Contact MKS Sales at 1-800-613-7535 or sales@mks.com
For more information, visit www.mks.com/solutions

Editor: Timothy Prickett Morgan

Contributing Editors: Dan Burger, Joe Hertvik,
Shannon O'Donnell, Timothy Prickett Morgan

Publisher and Advertising Director: Jenny Thomas

Advertising Sales Representative: Kim Reed

Contact the Editors: To contact anyone on the IT Jungle Team
Go to our contacts page and send us a message.

Sponsored Links

World Data Products: FREE 84-page Unix/Midrange Server Spec Book
FreeBSD: Advanced OS for X86 and X64, Alpha/AXP, IA-64, PC-98, and Sparc architectures
COMMON: Join us at the Annual 2007 Conference & Expo, April 29 - May 3, in Anaheim, California


IBM Upgrades System i5 Disk Controllers, Adds Enclosures IBM and ISVs Launch VIP Program to Reinvigorate System i5 Sales Sundry Other System i5 Announcements The X Factor: One Socket to Rule Them All


PA Semi Samples Homegrown Dual-Core Power Chip Intel, AMD Push and Pull for X64 Market Share VMware, XenSource Launch Virtualization Bundles The X Factor: One Socket to Rule Them All


RevSoft Pushes 'Lights On' Approach to Systems Automation Oracle Cools on Fusion, Focuses on Current ERP LogLogic Aims to Ease Log Data Crunch Halcyon Updates Systems Management Tools


Platform Solutions v IBM: Estoppel, Old Show Key Top Mainframe Stories From Around the Web Chats, Webinars, Seminars, Shows, and Other Happenings


Opportunities, Not Problems! SQL Cross Platform Interoperability: The Proper Function Admin Alert: Selectively Sending Break Messages to Active Users


February 3, 2007: Volume 9, Number 5 January 27, 2007: Volume 9, Number 4 January 20, 2007: Volume 9, Number 3 January 13, 2007: Volume 9, Number 2 January 6, 2007: Volume 9, Number 1 December 30, 2006: Volume 8, Number 50


Microsoft Hits Snags in Anti-Piracy Net AMD Delivers Faster and Cooler Rev F Opteron Chips Microsoft Hypes the NAP, Unveils New Security Appliance VMware, XenSource Launch Virtualization Bundles


Four Hundred Monitor's Full iSeries Events Calendar

THIS ISSUE SPONSORED BY:
Canvas Systems Lakeview Technology Roaring Penguin Sweeter Than Me MKS

TABLE OF CONTENTS

HP Puts Solaris on More X64 Servers, Partners for Solaris Emulation

Sun Details Server Chip Roadmaps at Analyst Summit

AMD Delivers Faster and Cooler Rev F Opteron Chips

The X Factor: One Socket to Rule Them All

But Wait, There's More:

Power6 Comes in 2007, No Slip into 2008 for the System p . . . Will 45 Nanometer Chips Make Two Warring Camps? . . . HP Buys Bristol for Middleware, Gets Wind/U Emulator . . . IBM X-Force Says For-Profit Cyber Attacks to Increase in 2007 . . . Silly Rumor Says Oracle Wants to Buy SAP . . . Oracle Cools on Fusion, Focuses on Current ERP . . .

The Unix Guardian

BACK ISSUES