It is incorporated into a new server that, according to several benchmark tests, is the fastest ever built in its class. The IBM System p 570 server also incorporates special hardware and software that allows it to create many “virtual” servers on a single box.
“Like the victory of IBM’s Deep Blue chess-playing supercomputer 10 years ago this month, the debut of POWER6 processor-based systems proves that relentless innovation brings ‘impossible’ goals within reach,” said Bill Zeitler, senior vice president, IBM Systems and Technology Group.
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IBM Unleashes World's Fastest Chip in Powerful New Computer (press release)