Re: z10 presentation on 26 Feb
The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main,alt.folklore.computers as well. ... "tap out at around 27,000 mips" IBM leaks details of new z10 Enterprise Class mainframe http://searchdatacenter.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid80_gci1301967,00.html Other features of the new big iron new offering include the following: * a quad-core mainframe central processor previously called the z6; * fixed hardware storage area (HSA) of 16 GB, so users won't have to sacrifice memory for HSA any longer; * an integrated hardware decimal floating-point processor to aid with financial and enterprise resource planning applications; * a reduction in power-on reset (POR), which could enable the ability to reassign additional logical partition (LPAR) resources without compromising application performance; and * a feature called HiperDispatch, the details of which are unclear. ... snip ... it has been 40yrs since (virtual machine) cp67 was "announced" at the spring share in houston. i was undergraduate at university when three people had come out from the science center http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/subtopic.html#545tech to install cp67 the last week of jan68. as a result, i got asked to go to houston and participate in the announcement. share is next week in orlando http://www.share.org/events/Orlando/index.cfm one of next week's (two) themes is virtualization: http://www.share.org/events/Orlando/second_postcard.cfm#virtual Featured sessions covering network and storage virtualization as well as System z virtualization include: * IBM Transformation: Major IT Consolidation Initiative for Project Big Green * Using Virtualization to Consolidate Servers * The Role of Storage Virtualization in Enterprise Class Computing Using VSM from Sun * Preparing to Successfully Deploy and Exploit Virtualization * Data Centers of the Future: The Impact of High Density Computing * The Role of Storage Virtualization in Enterprise Computing * Introduction to Network Virtualization * Details of SAN Virtualization – Today and in the Future * Preparing to Successfully Deploy and Execute Virtualization * IBM Transformation: Major IT Consolidation Initiative -- 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
Re: z10 presentation on 26 Feb
Thanks Phil, I like the following "Users will no longer give up memory for HSA (hardware storage area)". I was crowing about this when the z800/z900's came out and was told we would need to allocate 1GB of 8GB's for HSA. Phil Payne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Going to be more fun, I suspect, than many realise. There are n new instructions? Some have mentioned 50. Will it still be 'z/Architecture'? z/Architecture is the subject of litigation - does IBM wish to include the new stuff in that - changing the effective meaning of the expression halfway through a lawsuit? Or, indeed, _can_ they? Some think not. There are those who believe that any extension of z/Architecture (which this will de facto be) could invalidate at least one and possibly two of the main planks in IBM's case against PSI. There is a LOT going on behind the scenes. Another z10 source: http://topgun-tech.com/resource-center/zseries-library/articles/marketplace-trends-ibm-zseries And you may care to check out the definition of NDA at http://www.isham-research.co.uk/dd.html -- Phil Payne http://www.isham-research.co.uk +44 7833 654 800 -- 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
z10 presentation on 26 Feb
Going to be more fun, I suspect, than many realise. There are n new instructions? Some have mentioned 50. Will it still be 'z/Architecture'? z/Architecture is the subject of litigation - does IBM wish to include the new stuff in that - changing the effective meaning of the expression halfway through a lawsuit? Or, indeed, _can_ they? Some think not. There are those who believe that any extension of z/Architecture (which this will de facto be) could invalidate at least one and possibly two of the main planks in IBM's case against PSI. There is a LOT going on behind the scenes. Another z10 source: http://topgun-tech.com/resource-center/zseries-library/articles/marketplace-trends-ibm-zseries And you may care to check out the definition of NDA at http://www.isham-research.co.uk/dd.html -- Phil Payne http://www.isham-research.co.uk +44 7833 654 800 -- 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
Re: z10 presentation on 26 Feb
> -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Clark Morris > > On 14 Feb 2008 06:29:13 -0800, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: > > >On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 14:53:00 +0100, Miklos Szigetvari > ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>Hi > >> > >>Just got an invitation for a z10 presentation (26 February) > > > >Searching for IBM and z10 gives the following: > > > >o Three-leaf clover--Z 9, Z 1 0 > > > >at > > > >http://www.research.ibm.com/journal/rd/411/brunner.html > > How many of you went to the link and got the MEGO (my eyes > glaze over) result like I did. Some of it looks like stuff the ophthalmologist showed me before he told me that I'm developing cataracts, so LASIK is not a viable option. -jc- -- 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
Re: z10 presentation on 26 Feb
On 14 Feb 2008 06:29:13 -0800, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: >On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 14:53:00 +0100, Miklos Szigetvari ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>Hi >> >>Just got an invitation for a z10 presentation (26 February) > >Searching for IBM and z10 gives the following: > >o Three-leaf clover--Z 9, Z 1 0 > >at > >http://www.research.ibm.com/journal/rd/411/brunner.html How many of you went to the link and got the MEGO (my eyes glaze over) result like I did. Clark Morris > >(sorry, couldn't resist that one...) > >Seb > >-- >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 -- 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
Re: z10 presentation on 26 Feb
Thanks for that. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marian Gasparovic Sent: 14 Februarie 2008 05:16 nm To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: z10 presentation on 26 Feb You heard wrong. Check this http://www.cnet.com/8301-13512_1-9763911-23.html?tag=more "In this year's final Hot Chips presentation, IBM described the z6, the code name for its next mainframe processor." It was presented by Charles Webb, it is available on internet, I think there were also links to that presentation here. No z6 after z9, don't mix processor chip with the server :) Marian On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 10:08 AM, Van Dalsen, Herbie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Last I heard, it was going to be z6 to be in-line with p6... They must > have changed their minds when they realized they don't know what to do > after p8... > > > > > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Vernooy, C.P. - SPLXM > Sent: 14 Februarie 2008 01:59 nm > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: z10 presentation on 26 Feb > > "Miklos Szigetvari" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in > message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > > Hi > > > > Just got an invitation for a z10 presentation (26 February) > > > > -- > > Miklos Szigetvari > > Wow, so the beast has a name now! > > Kees. > ** > For information, services and offers, please visit our web site: > http://www.klm.com. This e-mail and any attachment may contain > confidential and privileged material intended for the addressee > only. If you are not the addressee, you are notified that no part > of the e-mail or any attachment may be disclosed, copied or > distributed, and that any other action related to this e-mail or > attachment is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. If you have > received this e-mail by error, please notify the sender immediately > by return e-mail, and delete this message. > > Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV (KLM), its subsidiaries > and/or its employees shall not be liable for the incorrect or > incomplete transmission of this e-mail or any attachments, nor > responsible for any delay in receipt. > Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. (also known as KLM Royal > Dutch Airlines) is registered in Amstelveen, The Netherlands, with > registered number 33014286 > ** > > -- > 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 > Elavon Financial Services Limited > Registered in Ireland: Number 418442 > Registered Office: Block E, 1st Floor, Cherrywood Business Park, Loughlinstown, Co. Dublin, Ireland > Directors: Robert Abele (USA), John Collins, Terrance Dolan (USA), Pamela Joseph (USA), Declan Lynch, John McNally, Malcolm Towlson > Elavon Financial Services Limited, trading as Elavon, is regulated by the Financial Regulator > > > > -- > 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 > -- 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 Elavon Financial Services Limited Registered in Ireland: Number 418442 Registered Office: Block E, 1st Floor, Cherrywood Business Park, Loughlinstown, Co. Dublin, Ireland Directors: Robert Abele (USA), John Collins, Terrance Dolan (USA), Pamela Joseph (USA), Declan Lynch, John McNally, Malcolm Towlson Elavon Financial Services Limited, trading as Elavon, is regulated by the Financial Regulator -- 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
Re: z10 presentation on 26 Feb
You heard wrong. Check this http://www.cnet.com/8301-13512_1-9763911-23.html?tag=more "In this year's final Hot Chips presentation, IBM described the z6, the code name for its next mainframe processor." It was presented by Charles Webb, it is available on internet, I think there were also links to that presentation here. No z6 after z9, don't mix processor chip with the server :) Marian On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 10:08 AM, Van Dalsen, Herbie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Last I heard, it was going to be z6 to be in-line with p6... They must > have changed their minds when they realized they don't know what to do > after p8... > > > > > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Vernooy, C.P. - SPLXM > Sent: 14 Februarie 2008 01:59 nm > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: z10 presentation on 26 Feb > > "Miklos Szigetvari" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in > message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > > Hi > > > > Just got an invitation for a z10 presentation (26 February) > > > > -- > > Miklos Szigetvari > > Wow, so the beast has a name now! > > Kees. > ** > For information, services and offers, please visit our web site: > http://www.klm.com. This e-mail and any attachment may contain > confidential and privileged material intended for the addressee > only. If you are not the addressee, you are notified that no part > of the e-mail or any attachment may be disclosed, copied or > distributed, and that any other action related to this e-mail or > attachment is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. If you have > received this e-mail by error, please notify the sender immediately > by return e-mail, and delete this message. > > Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV (KLM), its subsidiaries > and/or its employees shall not be liable for the incorrect or > incomplete transmission of this e-mail or any attachments, nor > responsible for any delay in receipt. > Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. (also known as KLM Royal > Dutch Airlines) is registered in Amstelveen, The Netherlands, with > registered number 33014286 > ** > > -- > 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 > Elavon Financial Services Limited > Registered in Ireland: Number 418442 > Registered Office: Block E, 1st Floor, Cherrywood Business Park, > Loughlinstown, Co. Dublin, Ireland > Directors: Robert Abele (USA), John Collins, Terrance Dolan (USA), Pamela > Joseph (USA), Declan Lynch, John McNally, Malcolm Towlson > Elavon Financial Services Limited, trading as Elavon, is regulated by the > Financial Regulator > > > > -- > 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 > -- 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
Re: z10 presentation on 26 Feb
Last I heard, it was going to be z6 to be in-line with p6... They must have changed their minds when they realized they don't know what to do after p8... -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Vernooy, C.P. - SPLXM Sent: 14 Februarie 2008 01:59 nm To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: z10 presentation on 26 Feb "Miklos Szigetvari" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > Hi > > Just got an invitation for a z10 presentation (26 February) > > -- > Miklos Szigetvari Wow, so the beast has a name now! Kees. ** For information, services and offers, please visit our web site: http://www.klm.com. This e-mail and any attachment may contain confidential and privileged material intended for the addressee only. If you are not the addressee, you are notified that no part of the e-mail or any attachment may be disclosed, copied or distributed, and that any other action related to this e-mail or attachment is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail by error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, and delete this message. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV (KLM), its subsidiaries and/or its employees shall not be liable for the incorrect or incomplete transmission of this e-mail or any attachments, nor responsible for any delay in receipt. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. (also known as KLM Royal Dutch Airlines) is registered in Amstelveen, The Netherlands, with registered number 33014286 ** -- 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 Elavon Financial Services Limited Registered in Ireland: Number 418442 Registered Office: Block E, 1st Floor, Cherrywood Business Park, Loughlinstown, Co. Dublin, Ireland Directors: Robert Abele (USA), John Collins, Terrance Dolan (USA), Pamela Joseph (USA), Declan Lynch, John McNally, Malcolm Towlson Elavon Financial Services Limited, trading as Elavon, is regulated by the Financial Regulator -- 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
Re: z10 presentation on 26 Feb
On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 14:53:00 +0100, Miklos Szigetvari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hi > >Just got an invitation for a z10 presentation (26 February) Searching for IBM and z10 gives the following: o Three-leaf clover--Z 9, Z 1 0 at http://www.research.ibm.com/journal/rd/411/brunner.html (sorry, couldn't resist that one...) Seb -- 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
Re: z10 presentation on 26 Feb
"Miklos Szigetvari" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > Hi > > Just got an invitation for a z10 presentation (26 February) > > -- > Miklos Szigetvari Wow, so the beast has a name now! Kees. ** For information, services and offers, please visit our web site: http://www.klm.com. This e-mail and any attachment may contain confidential and privileged material intended for the addressee only. If you are not the addressee, you are notified that no part of the e-mail or any attachment may be disclosed, copied or distributed, and that any other action related to this e-mail or attachment is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail by error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, and delete this message. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV (KLM), its subsidiaries and/or its employees shall not be liable for the incorrect or incomplete transmission of this e-mail or any attachments, nor responsible for any delay in receipt. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. (also known as KLM Royal Dutch Airlines) is registered in Amstelveen, The Netherlands, with registered number 33014286 ** -- 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
Re: z10 presentation on 26 Feb
> -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Miklos Szigetvari > > Hi > > Just got an invitation for a z10 presentation (26 February) With all the speculation, "leaks" and "rumors" floating around, it would seem fitting if IBM would just call it "zBox" and be done with it. -jc- -- 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
z10 presentation on 26 Feb
Hi Just got an invitation for a z10 presentation (26 February) -- Miklos Szigetvari Development Team ISIS Information Systems Gmbh tel: (+43) 2236 27551 570 Fax: (+43) 2236 21081 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Info: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hotline: +43-2236-27551-111 Visit our Website: http://www.isis-papyrus.com --- This e-mail is only intended for the recipient and not legally binding. Unauthorised use, publication, reproduction or disclosure of the content of this e-mail is not permitted. This email has been checked for known viruses, but ISIS accepts no responsibility for malicious or inappropriate content. --- -- 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
