• DocumentCode
    1497079
  • 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

  • Volume
    31
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    2011
  • Firstpage
    26
  • Lastpage
    40
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Micro, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0272-1732
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MM.2011.34
  • Filename
    5751938