I thought the 3rd parties dropped out when the z/Architecture 64-bit was announced.
I read somewhere, years ago, it was going to a $1B investment for the PCM manufactures to develop and offer a 64-bit processor. GGG Get Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef> ________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> on behalf of Dana Mitchell <mitchd...@gmail.com> Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2019 7:45:22 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> Subject: Re: IBM "opens" OpenPower ISA It was much later than XA, I think they probably couldn't get the license for the 64 bit implementation. We installed a Hitachi Pilot CPU in 1999, and after that they came out with the Skyline series of machines. Dana On Thu, 22 Aug 2019 07:27:15 -0500, John McKown <john.archie.mck...@gmail.com> wrote: > >Good question. I was told that the 3rd party CPU hardware parties quit when >XA came out do to some change. But I don't know if it was licensing, or >maybe some patent, or just too expensive in the R&D area. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
