Wow, looks like IBM will be taking names with the Power 6.. Some benchmarks:
IBM System p570 1-core (4.7 GHz, 1 chip, 2 cores/chip,1 thread/core) SPECint2006 result of 21.6 IBM System p570 1-core (4.7 GHz, 1 chip, 2 cores/chip,1 thread/core) SPECfp2006 result of 22.3 vs. 3 Ghz Opteron 2222SE: SPECint2006: 13.5 SPECfp2006: 14.3 vs. 3 Ghz Dell Xeon 5160, SPECint2006 3 Ghz: 17.5 (like a high end Mac Pro) SPECfp2006: 15.3 ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
