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Wednesday, 12/17/2014 11:51:15 AM

Wednesday, December 17, 2014 11:51:15 AM

I did post earlier Power8 was the only serious server competition (i.e. not the paper tiger ARMy) that Intel faced and so it is proving.

Rackspace has been testing server computers based on IBM Power chip designs since February 2012 and has found “exceptional efficiency and performance benefits” for applications, said Aaron Sullivan, senior director for infrastructure strategy. The company intends to use thousands of server computers powered by IBM chip designs in the future, he said. Sullivan said the company has been surprised by how easy it has been to make Rackspace’s software work with the IBM-designed chips. He added that Rackspace chose to develop chips based on IBM’s Power rather than designs from U.K. semiconductor firm ARM Holdings Plc (ARM) because those chips didn’t do well in tests. ARM chips have traditionally been seen as the main alternative to Intel processors.

LOL, only in stupid ANALyst wet dreams. Back in the real world of IT and real software systems it has been Power and Sparc for decades now.