Rapid Decreases In IBM G5 Cost Per MIPS Projected for Early 1999.CARLSBAD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 9, 1998--Computer Economics' analysis of 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) G5 Parallel Enterprise Servers indicates good news for buyers. Competitive forces and rapidly evolving technology will decrease the costs per MIPS (Million Instructions Per Second) The execution speed of a computer. For example, .5 MIPS is 500,000 instructions per second; 100 MIPS is a hundred million instructions per second. for these machines by a projected six percent during the first quarter of 1999. "IBM is basing its G5 strategy on Parallel Sysplex IBM's System/390 clustering architecture. It allows multiple System/390 computers to work together as a single system. It supports data sharing with guaranteed integrity, extensive resource sharing and sophisticated workload balancing. clustering to counter the threat of symmetric multiprocessors emerging from the low-end of the market," said Computer Economics director of research and advisory services advisory services advisory services provided to the public, in their capacity as owners and managers of animals, are an important part of veterinary science. They may be provided by government bureaux, by commercial companies who deal in pharmaceuticals or animals or animal , Michael Erbschloe. "Currently available SMPs cannot touch the total processing power that Parallel Sysplex can offer, though the advantage may tilt more toward SMPs as that technology advances through its next two generations by 2005." Computer Economics estimates that the new IBM G5 prices will further the trend that CMOS mainframes have shown throughout 1998. The CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) Pronounced "c-moss." The most widely used integrated circuit design. It is found in almost every electronic product from handheld devices to mainframes. innards of the G5 models also promise significant maintenance cost reductions. "Buyers of the G5 clusters can be assured that their investments are sound for the time being," said Erbschloe. "G5s can offer costs about half that of today's distributed 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). or Windows systems." Computer Economics is an independent research firm specializing in helping IT decision makers plan, manage, and control IT costs through advisory services, analyst support, an innovative Web site, custom research, and printed reports. Based in Carlsbad, Calif., Computer Economics serves 82 percent of the Fortune 500. For further information, please visit our Web site at http://www.computereconomics.com. |
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