IBM Launches POWER5 pSeries Servers, Leverages New Capabilities to Support Unix and

IBM Launches POWER5 pSeries Servers, Leverages New Capabilities to Support Unix and Linux Workloads

Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: IDC
Published: March 2005
Product Code: R104-19133

Description

This IDC Insight analyzes IBM's introduction of POWER5 pSeries servers for both enterprise and high-performance computing (HPC) workloads. The introduction of POWER5-based models in February 2005 and in October 2004 and November 2004 ? following the 1H04 introduction of iSeries models based on POWER5 ? completes IBM's refresh cycle for its iSeries and pSeries lines of scalable RISC-based servers.

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IDC Opinion
In This Insight
Situation Overview
IDC Analysis
P Series Gets a Boost from POWER5 Microprocessors
Follow-On to May's iSeries POWER5 Announcements
Second-Generation Dual-Core POWER Microprocessors
Where pSeries Is Headed
Competitive Analysis
Key Verticals for pSeries Servers
Linux Affinity
Leveraging IBM Global Services and IBM Software
Future Outlook
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