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IBM introduced world's most powerful eight-way UNIX server

IBM introduced the world's most powerful eight-way UNIX server [1], an affordable system that marks the debut of IBM's next-generation POWER4(tm) technology. Priced 65 percent less than a comparably-configured Sun 3800 [2], the IBM eServer(tm) p650 brings the blazing performance and autonomic computing capabilities of the groundbreaking IBM eServer p690 to the midrange. The eServer p650 has already beat previous records for eight-way Web serving and Java(tm) application performance and beats a comparable Sun server on SAP performance in an Enterprise Resource Planning environment by nearly 50 percent.[3]

The p650 is the first server to include IBM's newest 64-bit microprocessor, POWER4+(tm), which takes advantage of the most advanced 0.13 micron fabrication process and contains over 180 million transistors. This innovative technology yields a new generation of POWER4 chips that consumes a third less power per processor than the latest version of the Sun UltraSPARC III chip at identical frequencies.[4] The POWER4+ chip is available in the p650 with 1.2 and 1.45 gigahertz.

"The p650 will revolutionize midrange servers the same way the p690 revolutionized the high end," said Adalio Sanchez, general manager, IBM eServer pSeries. "Providing customers with a competitive edge through computing performance and the newest POWER4+ microprocessor, the p650 offers uncompromising reliability, high-availability and scalability features leveraged from our award-winning, top-of-the-line IBM eServer p690. In addition, the new POWER4+ microprocessor is very attractively priced, making the p650 extremely affordable."

Goody's Family Clothing, Inc., a Knoxville, Tennessee-based retailer with 328 stores in eighteen states, will deploy two p650s to run inventory and sales data for merchandise management.

"Goody's processes a great deal of information on our servers - everything from prices to inventory - on a continuing basis. We need the best server available from a price-point perspective," said Ken Boyd, director of MIS Technical Services for Goody's Family Clothing. "IBM's p650 is exactly what we are looking for. It is part of scalable and reliable family of servers, and we believe it is going to save our company and employees a tremendous amount of time."

Economical Enterprise Computing
The p650 is a powerful and affordable midrange system ideal for running applications such as enterprise resource planning, supply chain management, customer relationship management and business intelligence at a wide range of organizations -- from small and medium size businesses to divisions of large enterprises, branch offices and e-businesses.

In addition, the p650 offers unprecedented flexibility, with up to eight dynamic partitions. The p650 is designed to run the AIX 5L(tm) operating system, including Version 5.2, and, when available, Linux(R) [5] simultaneously in separate partitions.

The Advantage of Linux on POWER
The IBM eServer p650 will offer native Linux support. Linux on IBM pSeries servers leverages many of the competitive advantages of eServer pSeries hardware while allowing organizations to utilize open, standards-based applications in a cost-effective Linux environment.

IBM also plans to offer e-business infrastructure software that can run on the new Linux eServer pSeries systems, including WebSphere(R) Application Server, DB2 Universal Database(tm) and Tivoli(R) management software. Application development tools are planned to support the new platform, including a Web Services Development Kit which contains IBM's Java Virtual Machine (JVM) technology and 64-bit POWER enabled C/C++ and Fortran compilers.[6]

Through its Linux Technology Center, IBM contributes key operating system features to the Linux open source community that can help improve flexibility, performance, scalability, reliability and bring Linux further into the enterprise. These open source features for use in Linux exploit pSeries systems management, clustering, Internet services and security.

Performance Champion
In key measures, the eServer p650 with AIX 5L is capable of processing over 80 percent more floating point calculations than Sun's V880 based on the Specfp2000 benchmark.[7] And on a key SAP application, the eServer p650 performs nearly 50 percent better than the V880.[8] Other highlights include:

Number one eight-way Web server, beating HP in the SPECweb99 benchmark [9]

Number one eight-way Java transaction performer in the SPECjbb2000 benchmark [3]

Fastest 64-bit processor for integer calculations, according to the SPECint2000 benchmark [10]

Number one eight-way in SPECfp_rate2000 [11]

Number one in eight-way SAP SD 2-tier performance [8]

The IBM eServer p650 is competitively priced, starting at $29,995 for a 2-way configuration[12]. Planned availability for the pSeries 650 is December 6, 2002.

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