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Drilling Down Into The Power10 Chip Architecture

August 24, 2020 Timothy Prickett Morgan

Last week, we told you some general things about the future Power10 chip from IBM based on a roadmap briefing that we got from the IBM tech team ahead of their presentation at the Hot Chips 32 chip conference last week. IBM was gracious enough to let us talk about the Power10 chip generally before that presentation, because we have a Monday morning deadline no matter what. And this week, we can drill down into the Power10 architectural details a bit more.

The presentation at Hot Chips was given by William Starke, the chief architect of the Power10 processor who …
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Is It Time To Rename RPG?

August 24, 2020 Alex Woodie

Should IBM rename RPG, and if so, what should the new name be? It’s an interesting idea, and one that was recently floated by a member of the IBM i community, who submitted an official request for enhancement (RFE) on the matter. The crux of the argument is that full free-format RPG is such a dramatic departure from fixed-format RPG that it deserves a new name. But will IBM, which owns the language, go along with the change?

Report Program Generator, or RPG, debuted way back in 1959, at the dawn of the computer age, as a way to replicate …
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Guru: Scalar Use of LISTAGG

August 24, 2020 Ted Holt

The SQL LISTAGG function is as handy as a pocket. Only recently I used it to build a string of comma-separated values (CSV) to populate a drop-down box. It sure beats a cursor and a loop. I’ve noticed in my reading that LISTAGG can be used for both aggregate and scalar purposes under Oracle. Db2 doesn’t support the scalar use, but I found another way to do the same thing.

To see what I’m talking about, check out example 7 in the article Oracle LISTAGG Function Usage, Tips & Examples, by Ben Brumm. I recommend studying the entire article; …
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Four Hundred Monitor, August 24

August 24, 2020 Jenny Thomas

The response to our current worldwide pandemic has forced a lot of change in our industry. Many of us have had to adapt quickly to working remotely, and we have all gotten better at Zoom calls. But now, as parts of the world ease out of quarantine, some enterprises are finding workers are stressed about making a return to the office. Our top story this week looks at one of the ways IBM is trying to help make the road back as safe – while quelling as much anxiety about going back – as possible. Whatever stage of return your …
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 22, Number 34

August 24, 2020 Doug Bidwell

With so many people trying to take staycation – or maybe even an actual vacation – this time of year, in 2020, the year of The Great Infection, it is particularly kind for the PTF action to settle down for the IBM i platform. Whether or not this is intentional on the part of Big Blue, it is appreciated just the same.

There are a few tweaks here and there for the releases, just the same, and we are always tweaking the IBM i PTF Guide, too, so there are some new things to look at.

Here’s the PTF …
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Drilling Down Into The Power10 Chip Architecture

Is It Time To Rename RPG?

Guru: Scalar Use of LISTAGG

Four Hundred Monitor, August 24

IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 22, Number 34

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