IBM has just released its first machines Power7, competing with the Intel Tukwila.

The cons Power7 the Tukwila

Intel has shipped its new Itanium last week ( "Intel's Itanium book finally Tukwila") and is now the turn of Big Blue go on the offensive.

The least we can say is that on paper, Power7 has something for everyone. 45nm, 65nm cons for final Itanium, it has eight cores, each of which can handle four threads, or a maximum of 32 threads and an operating frequency of 3.3 GHz. For comparison, the Itanium supports only 8 threads and runs at 1.7 GHz. The IBM model is also equipped with 32 MB of cache while the Intel has 24 MB

If each CPU has its supporters, analysts think that the Power7 is more possible to draw new clients. IBM has presented four new machines using its Power7.

Power Machines 7xx

The IBM Power 780 can accommodate up to eight processors and is primarily intended for managing and analyzing large data. The IBM 770 has the same number of Power7 and demand 70% less energy for the same number of cores that former Power 570. We finally found the Power 755 and the 750 Express. Able to climb up to 4 processors, they are more adapted to small structures not requiring the power of a data center for research or power companies.

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