shrimppersimmon

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   by shrimppersimmon 1mo ago

   In 2019 the two fastest machines in the world, Summit & Sierra (see top500.org) used ppc64le + Nvidia GPUs.
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   by shrimppersimmon 6mo ago

   POWER is sold standalone, it's not packaged with Z. https://www.ibm.com/products/power The i systems are just POWER machines with different firmware.
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   by shrimppersimmon 6mo ago

   Yes. Apple used PowerPC, and PowerPC was also in the Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, and Wii U. It was also widespread in embedded sectors like networking, automotive, and aerospace. IBM eventually stepped away from the embedded market and eventually l
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   by shrimppersimmon 6mo ago

   They design and build not one but two CPU architectures, s390/Z and POWER. Both have been around for many years, but neither is obsolete, they're just not designed for consumer applications. They still generate $10-15 billion per