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zSeries 900 (z900) - IBM
| zSeries 900 | |
| Developer | IBM |
| Manufacturer | IBM |
| Type | Microprocessors |
| Introduction | October 3, 2000 (announced) December 18, 2000 (launch) |
| ISA | z/Architecture |
| µarch | z900 |
| Word size | 64 bit 8 octets
16 nibbles |
| Process | 0.18 μm 180 nm
1.8e-4 mm |
| Technology | CMOS |
| Clock | 769 MHz-917.4 MHz |
| Succession | |
| ← | → |
| ESA/390 | z990 z800 |
zSeries 900 (z900) was a family of 64-bit z/Architecture multi-core microprocessor multi-chip modules introduced by IBM in late 2000. Those processors are found in the IBM zSeries 900 2064 mainframe servers.
Overview
Based on IBM's new z900 microarchitecture and implementing the new z/Architecture ISA, the new processors replaced the aging ESA/390 systems.
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Facts about "zSeries 900 (z900) - IBM"
| designer | IBM + |
| first announced | October 3, 2000 + |
| first launched | December 18, 2000 + |
| full page name | ibm/z900 + |
| instance of | microprocessor family + |
| instruction set architecture | z/Architecture + |
| main designer | IBM + |
| manufacturer | IBM + |
| microarchitecture | z900 + |
| name | zSeries 900 + |
| process | 180 nm (0.18 μm, 1.8e-4 mm) + |
| technology | CMOS + |
| word size | 64 bit (8 octets, 16 nibbles) + |