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What you wanted to know about the iSeries hardware POWER 5, POWER 6 and POWER 7Bill Fuller Natco Products [email protected] 828-0300 x112
Technical Update Hardware
IBM Power Platform
Myths Versus Reality
Is IBM i a dying platform, or still going strong?
Myth: Organizations are no longer investing in this platform. The install base is shrinking quickly.
Myths Versus RealityIs IBM i a dying platform, or still going strong?
Reality: An Info-Tech survey found that only 4% of organizations are planning to migrate away from IBM i, while 64% are planning to upgrade to new hardware/software. (28% are staying with their current version for the foreseeable future, while 3% are exploring Managed Services/Hosting providers.)
Myths Versus Reality
Is IBM i a dying platform, or still going strong?
Myth: IBM i and its Power Systems hardware platform are old technology.
Myths Versus Reality
Is IBM i a dying platform, or still going strong?
Reality: IBM has consistently delivered new Power-based processors every three years since 2001, and has consistently introduced new features ahead of most competitors (e.g., 64-bit processing since 1995, and virtualization via logical partitioning since 1988).
Myths Versus RealityIs IBM i a dying platform, or still going strong?
Myth: IBM i (and its predecessors such as the iSeries) only run applications that provide green screen interfaces.
Myths Versus RealityIs IBM i a dying platform, or still going strong?
Reality: 39% of respondents to an Info-Tech survey are running web applications on an IBM i/iSeries system. The release of IBM i v6.1 for Power Systems (in 2007) added support for languages such as Java, PHP, and C++, expanding the ability to provide modern interfaces.In addition, development tools are available to create modern, web-based interfaces for interacting with a legacy application, making even RPG-based software accessible to tablets and smartphones.
Myths Versus RealityIs IBM i a dying platform, or still going strong?
What is the canary in the mineshaft for IBM Power Systems?
Myths Versus RealityIs IBM i a dying platform, or still going strong?
The first sign that IBM i may in fact be dying and following the path of OS/2 will be when major ISVs stop supporting this platform.At this time, the ISV market is still strong, especially where it matters for this platform — enterprise software. IBM counts over 2,500 ISVs and 5,000 solutions available for Power Systems overall, and over 850 ISVs and 2,300 applications for IBM i 6.1 and 7.1.
IBM POWER 5
• Introduced in 2004, supported 2 cores• Clock rate 1.5 Ghz to 2.3 Ghz• 130 nm to 90 nm Feature Size• On the left a QCM with 4 POWER 5 chips
and 4 Level 3 cache memory of 36 Mb
• Power Architecture• Microarchitecture Power PC
V2.02• 276 million transistors and
has an area of 389 mm2
IBM POWER 6
• Introduced in 2007• Dual core processor, with each capable of
SMT.• Clock rate 3.5 Ghz to 4.7 Ghz• 65 nm Feature Size
• Power Architecture• Power ISA V2.05• 790 million transistors and is
341 mm2
POWER7® System RASReliability, Availability, and
Serviceability
• Eight processor cores, 4 SMT threads per core, 32 things at once!
• Integrated L3 cache
• Introduced in 2010• Power Architecture• Power ISA V2.06• 45nm technology – 567 mm2
POWER 7 Proton Bombardment • Because the real world can trip up the fastest computer, testing includes real world elements.• Solar flares, cosmic particles can cause temporary and permanent failures.• Errors generated in memory, registers and on the processor are detected, avoided,
recomputed ands if necessary the component is taken out of service automatically and the problem logged and service call placed.
