Date: July 21, 2000
This tip contains this weeks SP announcements, RS News and links to a web site containing some of the current RS/6000 television advertisements.
Here is a brief summary of this weeks SP announcements.
New 375 MHz Power3 SMP High Node. Feartures 4, 8, 12, 16 processors.
New SP Switch2 - Next generation SP switch. Higher performance, increase reliability.
http://isource.ibm.com/cgi-bin/goto?it=usa_annred&on=100-209
Use PSSP to manage a cluster of up to 16 S70, S7A, and S80's servers, independent of the SP frame.
http://isource.ibm.com/cgi-bin/goto?it=usa_annred&on=100-210
IBM Builds World's Fastest Supercomputer, at over 12 trillion calculations per second. Three times faster than any other.
http://www.rs6000.ibm.com/resource/pressreleases/2000/Jun/asci_white.html
http://www.rs6000.ibm.com/resource/pressreleases/related/aasciwhite.html
IDC Ranks IBM (RS/6000) as #1 in Supercomputing
http://www.rs6000.ibm.com/resource/pressreleases/2000/Jun/one.html
IDC Reports IBM RS/6000 Has Overtaken Sun in the Midrange Market ($100,000 - $1,000,000)
http://www.rs6000.ibm.com/resource/pressreleases/2000/Jun/midrange.html
Wimbledon sets world record for number of web hits on RS/6000 SP. There were over
2.3 Billion Web Hits over 8 Days, nearly 2.5 times the traffic of last years event.
http://www.wimbledon.org/info/ibmtechnology
/
The following web links contain videos of some of recent RS/6000 tv advertisements. Viewing requires a QuickTime streaming video plug-in on your browser.
http://www.adcritic.com/content/ibm-why-no-flying-cars-why-why-why.html
http://www.adcritic.com/content/ibm-e-business-unibytes.html
http://www.adcritic.com/content/ibm-checkout-line.html
http://www.adcritic.com/content/ibm-e-commerce-stupid-bob.html
http://www.adcritic.com/content/ibm-stinky-cheese.html
http://www.adcritic.com/content/ibm-light-site.html
http://www.adcritic.com/content/ibm-e-commerce-nhl-jersey.html
http://www.adcritic.com/content/ibm-e-business-nowhere.html
http://www.adcritic.com/content/ibm-e-business-just-socks.html
http://www.adcritic.com/content/ibm-getting-to-know-you.html
http://www.adcritic.com/content/ibm-fire.html
http://www.adcritic.com/content/ibm-e-commerce-feed.html
http://www.adcritic.com/content/ibm-excusez-moi.html
http://www.adcritic.com/content/ibm-e-commerce-domo-arigato.html
http://www.adcritic.com/content/ibm-deep-intelligence.html
http://www.adcritic.com/content/ibm-christmas-magic.html
http://www.adcritic.com/content/ibm-lotus-domino-i-am-superman.html
http://www.adcritic.com/content/ibm-walrusman.html
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Bruce Spencer,
baspence@us.ibm.com
July 21, 2000