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
Related (days ago):
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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