Tommy Tsui wrote:
..I think z9 is announced around 3 years...As I remember, IBM never try to announced a new model of mainframe computer just three years later...
Using http://www.tech-news.com/ as a reference, the history of IBM CMOS mainframe processor hardware generations is as follows:
Processor 1stAvail -------- -------- 9672-G1 3Q 94 9672-G2 3Q 95 9672-G3 3Q 96 9672-G4 2Q 97 9672-G5 3Q 98 9672-G6 2Q 99 z900 1Q 00 z800 1Q 02 z900-GA2 2Q 02 z990 2Q 03 z9-109 4Q 03 z890 2Q 04 z9EC 3Q 05 z9BC 2Q 06 z10 1Q 08 -- Edward E Jaffe Phoenix Software International, Inc 5200 W Century Blvd, Suite 800 Los Angeles, CA 90045 310-338-0400 x318 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.phoenixsoftware.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
