On Aug 31, 5:23 pm, Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> IBM POWER6 Outscores HP in Key Server Performance Tests
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> | In the SPECfp_2006 benchmark, which measures speed, a single core of a 4.7
> | GHz POWER6 processor in an IBM System p 570 server running SUSE Linux scored
> | 22.4, the highest result in the industry. System p 570 results are 23% better
> | than an HP Integrity rx6600 running HP-UX result of 18.1.(1)
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> http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/marketwire/0297109.htm
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> Related (days ago):
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> IBM Unveils Second Cell-Based Blade For High-Performance Computing
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> | IBM offers the Linux operating system on top of Cell to provide a more
> | flexible development environment than competing products that use a
> | semiconductor device called a field-programmable gate array, or FPGA. Such
> | devices are programmed once for specific functions.
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> http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=20180...
IBM knows that Novell does Linux better.
Get on board!
And ride the SUSE train!
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