New RISC System/6000 Computers Offer Industry-Leading Performance, Graphics Capability and New Levels of SMP Scalability; High-Performance PowerPC 604 Debuts in IBM Systems.SOMERS, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 19, 1995--IBM today provided customers with industry-leading performance, graphics and price/performance with the announcement of powerful, new RISC RISC in full Reduced Instruction Set Computing Computer architecture that uses a limited number of instructions. RISC became popular in microprocessors in the 1980s. System/6000(a) (RS/6000(a)) workstations and servers, including six models based on the high-performance PowerPC(a) 604 microprocessor. The new workstations include the RS/6000 43P Series, three low-end systems that give IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) up to an 89 percent SPECint92(d) performance lead over Hewlett-Packard's(b) HP 9000 Model 712/80(b) workstation. Two new midrange workstations, the RS/6000 Models 42W and 42T, provide customers with the greatest range of graphics options in the RS/6000 family, including new industry-leading, midrange 3D adapters. On the server side, IBM introduced a new entry compact server, the Model C20, that can be used as a small enterprise server, a departmental or PC LAN (1) A network of IBM or IBM-compatible PCs. (2) A network of any variety of computers. server, as well as a distributed applications server. IBM also introduced six- and eight-way versions of its powerful symmetric multiprocessor (SMP (Symmetric MultiProcessing) A multiprocessing architecture in which multiple CPUs, residing in one cabinet, share the same memory. SMP systems provide scalability. As business increases, additional CPUs can be added to absorb the increased transaction volume. ) servers, giving customers industry-leading performance capability for the most demanding commercial applications. An eight-way RS/6000 Model J30, for example, exceeds the commercial performance of the eight-way HP 9000 Corporate Business Server(b) Model T500 -- at a 75 percent lower purchase price for a comparably equipped system. IBM is also offering twice the memory and disk on its SMP servers at the same base price. "Today, the RS/6000 is delivering cutting-edge graphics capabilities and raw performance at affordable prices, allowing our customers to get their work done more quickly than ever, whether they are using high-end graphics or mainstream office applications," said Irving Wladawsky-Berger, general manager, IBM RISC System/6000 Division. "Users can also be sure that as their requirements evolve, the new systems can be expanded to meet those needs." With this announcement, IBM is demonstrating its continued commitment to the technical workstation and commercial server markets. IBM also announced improvements for its UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). (c)-based, high-performance parallel processing computer, and renamed it the RS/6000 Scalable POWERparallel System(a) (RS/6000 SP). All of the new workstations and servers run AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive) IBM's Unix-based operating system which runs on its Intellistation workstations and pSeries, p5, iSeries and i5 server families. (a) Version 4.1.3, the latest release of IBM's powerful UNIX operating system Noun 1. UNIX operating system - trademark for a powerful operating system UNIX, UNIX system operating system, OS - (computer science) software that controls the execution of computer programs and may provide various services , which now scales from entry-level clients to the SP systems. AIX also exploits today's most innovative technology, including the Open Software Foundation's(b) Distributed Computing Environment See DCE. Distributed Computing Environment - (DCE) An architecture consisting of standard programming interfaces, conventions and server functionalities (e.g. naming, distributed file system, remote procedure call) for distributing applications transparently across networks (b) and Taligent's(b) CommonPoint(b) object frameworks. -0- Note to Editors: For more information, including an unabridged copy of this press release, please contact Ed Trapasso, IBM media relations, 914/766-3621, or Scott Friedman, TSI TSI Total Solar Irradiance (sum solar light in energy per unit of time) TSI Trading Standards Institute (UK) TSI Transportation Safety Institute (US DOT) for IBM, at 212/696-2000 ext. 200. Additional information on the RS/6000 and related products is available through the World Wide Web on the Internet. To access the IBM Home Page, open the following URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. : http://www.ibm.com. To access the IBM RS/6000 Home Page, open the following URL: http://www@austin.ibm.com. The IBM Fax Information Service allows you to receive facsimiles of prior IBM product press releases. Simply dial 1-800/IBM-4FAX and enter "99" at the voice menu. (a) Indicates trademark or registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. (b) Indicates trademark or registered trademark of the respective company. (c) UNIX is a registered trademark in the United States and other countries, licensed exclusively through X/Open Company Ltd. IBM AIX Version 3.2.5 and IBM AIX Version 4.1 for the RS/6000 family of systems are branded X/Open UNIX 93. (d) SPECint92 and SPECfp92 are trademarks of the Standard Performance Evaluation Performance evaluation The assessment of a manager's results, which involves, first, determining whether the money manager added value by outperforming the established benchmark (performance measurement) and, second, determining how the money manager achieved the calculated return Council, a non-profit organization whose mission is to establish, maintain and endorse a standardized set of relevant application-oriented benchmarks that can be applied to the newest generation of high-performance computers. CONTACT: IBM Ed Trapasso, 914/766-3621 Internet: trapasso@vnet.ibm.com or TSI for IBM Scott Friedman, 212/696-2000 ext. 200 Internet: sfriedman@tsipr.com |
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