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carry on then
Jul 10, 2010

by VideoGames

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BangersInMyKnickers posted:

lmbo do not tell the power sector the last thing they need is a way to keep limping along their early 90's HMI platforms

early 90s? all the banking and healthcare still on z/arch would like a word

i mean, it's not like it doesn't _work_, it's just old as balls

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carry on then
Jul 10, 2010

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atomicthumbs posted:

joking aside, SPARC64 XII is cool as all hell. don't even step unless your CPU has dedicated SQL cores

as/400: you rang?

carry on then
Jul 10, 2010

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atomicthumbs posted:



call me when as/400 gets 8 threads per core with 12 cores at 4.35 ghz :smuggo:

edit: die size of 795 mm2

i was a gonna say they were doing it in the 80s but apparently power9 does have 12x8 @ 4ghz so possibly :shrug:

carry on then
Jul 10, 2010

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BangersInMyKnickers posted:

enterprise stuff will arbitrarily gate cores or frequency modes or other poo poo that's already there in hardware unless you pay for an additional license its a weird sector

it's a literal selling point of modern mainframes

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