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Title: IBM powers up first Power5 computer
Post by: Argo on February 17, 2003, 08:43:22 PM

 By Stephen Shankland
Staff Writer, CNET News.com (http://httpL//www.news.com)
February 17, 2003, 10:55 AM PT

IBM has fired up a computer running IBM's forthcoming Power5 processor, a top IBM executive said Monday, a key milestone for the company's future plans to pressure Sun Microsystems and Hewlett-Packard in the Unix server market.

Read the complete article here (http://rss.com.com/2100-1001-984808.html?type=pt?=rss&tag=feed&subj=news).

Title: Re: IBM powers up first Power5 computer
Post by: Seehund on February 18, 2003, 11:24:11 PM

fr0st pist! :)

Not really "PPC" news. The POWER series is not PowerPC.

Though the com.com.com.com.com blurb says "And unlike Power4, Power5 will be designed not only for high-end servers but also for lower-end systems." Does that mean "not only for NSA's global signal snooping processing super computer clusters, but also for 'low-end systems' like, say, Intel's chip simulation systems"? ;)

Title: Re: IBM powers up first Power5 computer
Post by: AmigaMac on February 18, 2003, 11:51:26 PM

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Not really "PPC" news. The POWER series is not PowerPC.

Well it supports the PowerPC ISA, so what's your point!

Title: Re: IBM powers up first Power5 computer
Post by: lempkee on February 19, 2003, 10:45:51 AM

i am confused....this is not G5 right? hehe i guess it would have been named G5 then....
this is not for the normal users i guess...sounds like its for mainframes :P