Jon Elson wrote:
Cliff wrote:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/02...m_power6_show/

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The Power6 chip will run between 4GHz and 5GHz, and has been shown to hum away
at 6GHz in the lab. IBM reckons that some process technology breakthroughs have
allowed it to kick the frequency higher while still keeping heat and power
consumption issues under control. All told, IBM claims that Power6 will be twice
as fast as competing server processors from Intel, AMD and Sun Microsystems.
]

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IBM claims to have made major performance gains by stretching and squeezing
silicon and using insulation techniques.
]
Oh, stressed silicon! Yes, this stuff really works. Unless
IBM is WAY ahead of the competition, it will be quite a few
years before you can buy this at the local computer store.

That's the best thing about IBM, though. They only make
stuff that works in the extreme stress loads of Supermarkets.

So they're ALWAYS Profit+ competive with 1892,
rather than just the standard Einstone 1492 Jesuit Profits.










Jon