Author: Rajen Gupta
Date: 11:42:18 10/07/01
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On October 07, 2001 at 12:43:43, K. Burcham wrote: a single processor (which i think consists of 2 processors)should be no more expensive than 2 wintel compatible processor-after all ibm has the most advanced fabs in the world and if this were mainstream, vol production would have ensured efficiencies of scale! imagine what the situation would have been if ibm and microsoft were till buddies! can you imagine "bobby fischer" on frtiz7 or icc with one or two of these bad boys with him! rajen > > >8-way SMP; 1.3 GHz POWER4 HPC (2x4-way MCM) > >8-way SMP; 1.1 GHz POWER4 (1x8-way MCM) > >POWER4 chip is the first ever dual processor SMP on a single piece of silicon. >Server on a chip -- IBM's POWER4 microprocessor, widely acknowledged to be at >least one generation ahead of competing chips, is the first "server on a chip." >It contains two one-gigahertz-plus processors, a high-bandwidth system switch, >a large memory cache and I/O. The unique design enables the server to conserve >energy and dramatically outperform servers that have more than twice as many >processors. > >Individual Items > Quantity Part No. Description Availability Item Price Line Total > 7040-681T pSeries 690 Sample Configuration 32-way Turbo, 128GB memory, 2 >18.2 GB Disks, Prices start at > $2,037,674.00 $8,150,696.00 > >if you will notice under "individual items", i ordered 4 of these and thought > i would send three of them to friends. only $2,037,674.00 each. > >and there was something like an 8000 feet altitude limit, this will leave some > of you out. and the current draws require 480 volts. so gotta hang another > transformer. let me know the kns if any of you guys get one of these. > >kburcham
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