Title :
The zEnterprise 196 System and Microprocessor
Author :
Curran, Brian W. ; Eisen, Lee E. ; Schwarz, Eric M. ; Mak, Pak-kin ; Warnock, James ; Meaney, Patrick J. ; Fee, Michael
Abstract :
The zEnterprise 196 is the latest IBM System zSeries mainframe computer, which builds on IBM´s 46-year heritage of compatible enterprise-class machines. This design advances the prior z10 processor pipeline with out-of-order execution to achieve considerable performance gains in legacy online transaction processing and computationally intensive workloads. This article describes the system structure and details of this new high-frequency microprocessor.
Keywords :
IBM computers; mainframes; microcomputers; IBM System zSeries mainframe computer; compatible enterprise class machine; computationally intensive workload; high frequency microprocessor; legacy online transaction processing; zenterprise 196 system; Availability; Bandwidth; Fabrics; History; Microprocessors; Random access memory; Software; hardware; high-frequency microprocessor; mainframe computer; transaction processing; z196; zEnterprise 196; zSeries;
Journal_Title :
Micro, IEEE
