> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Blaicher, Chris > Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2007 10:05 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: IBM withdraws Z890 ?!?!?! > > > I would look at history and see that machines are withdrawn as new > machines come on line. My guess is that a new one will be announced > before fall. I would also look to other product lines of IBM to see > what might be coming. They have done some amazing things with the > P-Series. It would not surprise me that some of what they > learned there > doesn't rub off on the z-Series. Do a google for IBM P6. > > A doubling of the processor speed, greater bandwidth, greater > parallelism. Gee, that all sounds like goodness to me. The only > question is price/performance, but history says that will get better > too. > > > Christopher Y. Blaicher
And, just so that we don't think that MSU pricing is a "System z" only phenomenon, the AIX (pSeries) people are getting hit with PVU pricing (Processor Value Units). The new P6 cores "cost" 1.2 PVUs per core more than the previous P5 cores. And, again, IBM is saying that the user is getting more power per PVU because a P6 core is more than 1.2 times a powerful as a P5 core. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/07/02/ibm_pvu_power6/ -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer HealthMarkets Keeping the Promise of Affordable Coverage Administrative Services Group Information Technology The information contained in this e-mail message may be privileged and/or confidential. It is for intended addressee(s) only. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, reproduction, distribution or other use of this communication is strictly prohibited and could, in certain circumstances, be a criminal offense. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by reply and delete this message without copying or disclosing it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
