John,

Yes, it is available on the z990s too.

Bob 

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>From: Taraka Srinivas Kumar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Friday, May 14, 2004 9:10 AM
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>Can somebody theow some light on this zAAP processor ?
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>Franz Josef Pohlen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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An FAQ is at http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/zaap/faq/

Basically a zAAP is a "z Application Assist Processor". It is really a
normal CPU which has be somehow "crippled" so that it can only run a Java
JVM. What this does for z/OS is allow one to have a CPU dedicated to Java
work which does not count towards other (OEM and IBM) software costs. They
are only announced for the z890 (maybe the z990 - I don't remember). Being
"Java Only" IBM believes that they will therefore only be used for the new
"e-workload" (to coin a phrase) such as WAS. If we get one, we will very
likely convert some COBOL to Java (if applicable) just to releive the load
on the "more costly" CPU engine. 
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