OT: way off topic, IBM Z10

apit34356 wrote on 2/26/2008, 1:08 PM

IBM just publicly announced the Z10, (no big secret). What's cool about the basic z10 is that it simulate 1500 x86 servers with no sweat. So, imagine running Vegas on one or more virtual machines. One Z10 chip is = 30 quadcores licensing fees or a reduction of hardware cpu licenses fees 1:30 ratio reduction. Serious speed+amazing memory bandwidth+superfast disk IO. Expect anim houses to rethink current rendering networks, etc..... Intel will lose some of its big boxes in the coming years. Sun is also following the IBM design theme of virtual servers. Plus is saves about 85% in energy when compared to X86 boxes. GOOGLE may even rethink their own data designs. The new Z10 is about as bullet ( hack proof) as possible.

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baysidebas wrote on 2/26/2008, 1:17 PM

With one of those babies you'd have the finished film before you even started pre-production....

apit34356 wrote on 2/26/2008, 4:41 PM

Another side note, IBM did some research where the entire Internet web could be simulated using 1.5-1.7 million cpus in a cluster network, ( including GOOGLE,YAHOO, etc..). just put 11 Z10 together and some S class fiber, massive amount of energy could be saved, of course, it would kill MS server business and thin apps would probably crush MS Office which GOOGLE appears to be targeting. MS has been targeting big iron apps, linux users, cellphones, gaming, DLs, so, its general warfare by MS choice.