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    IBM Takes Wraps Off Power7 Systems

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    DATE: 2010-02-08 | By Jeffrey Burt


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    Big Blue is looking to heat up the competitive landscape for high-end computing workloads as it battles HP and Oracle with its newly acquired Sun portfolio.

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    IBM is rolling out the first of its Power7 systems as it looks to grab more market share in the $14 billion Unix server space from HP and Sun. The move comes as HP and Intel prepare to release the next-generation Itanium processor and Oracle looks to bring Sun into the fold.

    IBM is rolling out the first systems based on its new Power7 processors, setting the stage for a new round of competition in the rapidly changing high-end server space.

    IBM will officially unveil the four new Power7 systems at an event today in New York. At about the same time, at a press conference in San Francisco that also will be Webcast, officials with Intel and Hewlett-Packard are expected to officially release “Tukwila,” the much-delayed next-generation version of the Itanium processor.

    All that comes as Oracle works to incorporate Sun Microsystems’ SPARC/Solaris hardware line into its business, and Intel and Advanced Micro Devices look to grab more high-end workloads with their x86 processors.

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