26.02.2008 22:06 Uhr, Quelle: Engadget

IBM's z10 mainframe to take on the upstart PC

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets Shocking as it may seem, mainframe computing has never really gone away -- even in this age of modular PS3-based supercomputers, financial institutions, retailers, and other large corporations still buy the big iron, which means IBM still makes it. The company's latest, the fridge-sized System z10, follows up on the billion-dollar System z9 released three years ago with faster, cooler processors, more energy efficient designs, 70 percent more computing capacity -- and much small

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