Introduction 9
Introduction
This growth and implementation of new technology is possible because of the AS/400 TIMI
layer. TIMI allows the AS/400 system to incorporate significant new hardware technology
quickly and transparently.
The following figure shows this change of hardware processor technology and previews what
is planned in future generations. More details can be found in “Logical Partitioning, Divide
and Conquer”
,
by IBM Chief Engineer Frank G. Soltis, in the January 1999 edition (#224) of
News400
.
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2000
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2001+
1998 / 1999
12-Way A50 PPC
24-Way A60 / A70 PPC Copper and SOI
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1997
1996
12-Way A35
X2.87
X4.59
X1.94
X3.6
Applications
OS/400
TIMI
Hardware
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