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IBM Finishes Power9 Systems Rollout With Big Iron

August 13, 2018 Timothy Prickett Morgan 1

Sometimes, a workload needs more memory, more compute, or more I/O than is available in the two socket server that has been the standard pretty much since the dot-com boom two decades ago. …

IBM’s 2018 Rollout Plan For Power9 Systems

February 6, 2018 Timothy Prickett Morgan Comments Off

In a way, the processor market started moving in slow motion through 2017 as server makers and their customers were awaiting a veritable cornucopia of processor options, something the industry has not seen in many a year. …