> 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: A few important things to note: 1) z6 is the name for the chip, not the name of the next generation mainframe. 2) This is a presentation on the processor and SMB hub chips in the next generation mainframe, not on the total package. 3) The cycle time is 4GHz+ and just as with MIPS, GHz is a "meaningless indicator of processor speed". 4) This is an assumption on my part, but the z6 name be due to some parts of the chip being derived from Power 6 (e.g. the DFU). Jim
