On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 8:00 PM, Ed Gould <[email protected]> wrote:
> http://www.theinquirer.net/**inquirer/news/2234318/ibm-** > reveals-a-monster-36core-**mainframe-module?WT.rss_f=** > Home&WT.rss_a=IBM+reveals+a+**monster+36-core+mainframe+**module<http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2234318/ibm-reveals-a-monster-36core-mainframe-module?WT.rss_f=Home&WT.rss_a=IBM+reveals+a+monster+36-core+mainframe+module> > > ENTERPRISE VENDOR IBM is slowly lifting the veil on its latest mainframe > chip that will be detailed at the International Solid-State Circuits > Conference (ISSCC) in San Francisco next month. > So far we know that the chip has six cores and that IBM mounts six of > those in a single package called a multi-chip module. Each module thus > comprises 36 cores. Add to this two dies with 384MB of embedded DRAM. The > chip is clocked at 5.5GHz and is fabbed in an advanced 32nm process > employing both silicon-on-insulator as well as high-K metal gate > semiconductor technology, according to the preliminary program from ISSCC. > The chip goes into the latest z series Enterprise EC12 mainframe systems > that IBM announced last August. > I realize it's not your article AND it's the Inquirer, but: how is IBM "slowly lifting the veil" on something that was announced four months ago, with lots of detail then? I'm confused. -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
