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  • More Power7 And Power8 Features To Bite The Rust

    October 30, 2017 Timothy Prickett Morgan

    The Power Systems catalog just keeps getting skinnier as the Power9 systems launch in early 2018 keeps getting closer. Ironically, as IBM pulls the plug on older Power Systems machines and their features, it is a good indication that Big Blue really is preparing the way for Power9. It is also a way to get customers who have no intention of spending on Power9 iron to buy something on their older gear before the features go away.

    I saw a new abbreviation in announcement letter 917-177, which came out on October 24, and that was LTB – short for …

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