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IBM announces lower-end Linux-Power server

January 24, 2005 Big Blue will begin shipping on Feb. 18 a lower-price model in its OpenPower line of servers. TAGS: IBM POWER5, IBM Corp., Linux, server, operating system

IBM brings Power5 to low-end Unix server

February 9, 2005 New machine uses a chip with one or two processing engines and accommodates as much as 32GB of memory. TAGS: IBM POWER5, Unix server, Unix, IBM Corp., IBM AIX, engine, Sun Microsystems Inc., server, memory, Linux, operating system

IBM shifts software price for dual-core x86 chips

April 21, 2005 Big Blue says dual-core processors count as single CPU in software licensing--but only for x86 systems, not for IBM Power5-based ones. TAGS: IBM POWER5, dual-core processor, server software, IBM Corp., multi-core processor, Intel x86, dual-core, x86 processor, practice, server, CPU, AMD, Intel

IBM attacks Unix rivals with Power5

July 13, 2004 New systems boost performance and can run many operating systems simultaneously. TAGS: IBM POWER5, IBM POWER4, Unix server, Unix, IBM Corp., HP PA-RISC, IBM eServer, Sun Microsystems Inc., chief architect, IBM AIX, server, HP, AMD, memory, operating system

IBM extends lead in server market

February 23, 2005 Big Blue makes sales headway in key market with models using x86 chips and the Unix operating system. TAGS: IBM POWER5, HP PA-RISC, Intel Itanium, IBM Corp., Unix, x86 processor, Gartner Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., server, HP, AMD, Dell, operating system

IBM to ship supercomputer system this month

February 11, 2005 Company plans to begin selling a powerful but power-hungry server specialized for supercomputing, CNET News.com has learned. TAGS: IBM POWER5, supercomputing, supercomputer, cluster, lab, high-performance computing, IBM Corp., IBM AIX, high-performance, computing, server, memory, Dell

Next IBM-Apple chip getting high-end feature

December 21, 2004 Big Blue is incorporating technology that lets the chip run multiple operating systems simultaneously. TAGS: IBM POWER5, IBM POWER4, IBM PowerPC 970, IBM Corp., dual-core, IBM PowerPC, blade server, virtualization, powerline, blade, Sun Microsystems Inc., Apple Computer, server, AMD, Intel, design

IBM to launch Linux-only Power servers

September 10, 2004 OpenPower line to make debut Monday as Big Blue looks beyond the chip's high-end niche, CNET News.com has learned. TAGS: IBM POWER5, server line, IBM Corp., Sun UltraSPARC, Linux, x86 server, Intel x86, Unix server, AMD Opteron, Intel Itanium, server, Sun Microsystems Inc., Unix, Intel, Dell, operating system

IBM boosts high-end Unix servers

July 25, 2006 Brings Power5+ chip to top-end servers, boosting performance during rapid change in server market. Photo: The p5-595 Unix server TAGS: Unix server, IBM POWER5, Montecito, Intel Itanium, Unix, IBM Corp., virtualization, server, Sun Microsystems Inc., AMD, HP, Intel

HP brings new chips to servers

February 9, 2004 The computer maker announces new servers that use Intel's Itanium processor and HP's own PA-8800, the second-to-last chip in the company's Precision Architecture lineage. TAGS: Intel Itanium, IBM POWER5, Sun UltraSPARC IV, Sun UltraSPARC, two-processor, Unix server, Intel Xeon, dual-core, AMD Opteron, 64-bit, Intel x86, HP, Unix, server, Sun Microsystems Inc., AMD

Blue Gene/L tops its own supercomputer record

October 27, 2005 Blue Gene/L already is the world's fastest supercomputer, according to the Top500 list that ranks such machines. TAGS: Blue Gene/L, supercomputer, teraflop, Cray Inc., IBM POWER5, supercomputing, IBM Corp., calculation

IBM chip architect guns for gigahertz

February 14, 2006 Unlike many colleagues, Power6 chief architect Brad McCredie continues to give clock speed priority in IBM's next-gen server processor. TAGS: IBM POWER5, pipeline, IBM Corp., frequency, chief architect, clock speed, Unix server, Unix, Sun Microsystems Inc., conference, instruction, server, Intel

Red Hat releases newest Fedora

June 13, 2005 Among other features, the free Linux package comes with the Xen virtualization software and version 4 of GCC. TAGS: Fedora Project, Fedora Core, GCC, Red Hat Inc., IBM POWER5, release notes, IBM PowerPC, Intel x86, Linux, Intel Pentium 4, Intel Pentium, project, 64-bit, Apple Computer, 32-bit, open source

IBM's Power6 gets help with math, multimedia

October 10, 2006 Big Blue's server processor can natively handle base-10 arithmetic and supports AltiVec multimedia extensions. TAGS: math, IBM POWER5, IBM Corp., IBM PowerPC, Intel Itanium, multimedia, Sun Microsystems Inc., server, Intel

IBM rebuilds Unix servers with Power5+ chip

October 4, 2005 Big Blue's processor move increases performance, as well as competitive pressures on Sun, Hewlett-Packard and Intel. TAGS: Unix server, Sun UltraSPARC, Intel Itanium, IBM POWER5, Montecito, IBM Corp., dual-core processor, Unix, Sun Microsystems Inc., dual-core, server, Intel, AMD, Linux, HP

IBM plans Power6 blades for next year

December 6, 2006 Moving IBM's high-end Power chip family into blades will mean an expansion of BladeSystem abilities and market. TAGS: IBM PowerPC 970, blade, blade server, IBM PowerPC, IBM eServer BladeCenter, IBM Corp., IBM POWER5, mainframe, AMD Opteron, dual-core processor, server, multimedia, operating system

Sun upgrades servers with UltraSparc IV+ debut

September 15, 2005 Next week will see the launch of the new top-of-the-line chip in a revamp of Sun's core Unix server line, News.com has learned. TAGS: Sun UltraSPARC, Sun UltraSPARC IV, Unix server, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun UltraSPARC III, IBM POWER5, RISC, x86 processor, Unix, Sun Sparc, IBM Corp., dual-core processor, server, AMD, Intel, HP
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