Hi, 'Endorsed by Microsoft"...... Now I feel much better.
What are we going to do without Microsoft's endorsement.. ? Secret ? For the last 5 years there has been talks given by IBM on their chip research and development progam.. I attended one in Austin .. Given by IBM. Check the Austin Community College Web pages... Contact the Prof. in charge of the "Game Development" curriculum.. Anton "eNOOn Sun, 14 Oct 2007 10:41:46 -0500, Blaicher, Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >This has been a pretty well kept secret, at least in IBM circles. Many >did not know of its existence. > >The '6' comes from its sharing of a lot of engineering with the P6 >processor. The designer of the P6 also is the designer of the Z6, at >least at the processor level. > >It was very quietly announced at the HOTCHIPS conference in August. >They made the presentation, but were not allowed to talk to the press. >It seems engineering was ready before marketing was ready. > >I was hoping there would be a big splash on it, but so far it is pretty >quiet. > >These comments are from personal knowledge, not from BMC. I don't want >anyone to think BMC had advance information. > > >Chris Blaicher > > >-----Original Message----- >From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >Behalf Of McKown, John > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of >Mark Post >Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2007 12:12 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: IBM's Next Generation Mainframe Processor > > >If you haven't already seen this, it's worth a look. It's a >presentation by Charles Webb of IBM on the next IBM mainframe processor, >the z6. (Don't ask me where "6" came from.) The thing that stood out >for me was the 4GHz processor speed, but of course there's lots of other >very good stuff as well. > >http://www2.hursley.ibm.com/decimal/IBM-z6-mainframe-microprocessor- Webb >.pdf > > >Mark Post > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
