Re: IBM's POWER6
John Savard wrote:
> Based on the article, then, it is believed...
>
> that the POWER6 chip, in the Power PC line, will add BCD arithmetic...
>
> and that it will be used in IBM's new mainframes, bringing the 360
> architecture, as used in the z/Architecture machines, to the end of the
> line.
>
> That certainly will be a historic moment.
Indeed it will (assuming that s/360 isn't done in HW decode).
DK
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