The new BladeCenter QS22 is based on the Cell processor and is targeted at sectors with high data-processing needs, such as financial services or medical diagnosis.
IBM has announced the IBM BladeCenter QS22, a new server business that incorporates supercomputing technologies (High Performance Computing or HPC) and is directed to sectors with high data management needs, such as financial services, media or digital image medical diagnosis.
The basis of BladeCenter QS22 is the new processor PowerXCell 8i, compatible with the architecture Cell Broadband Engine (Cell / BE), originally developed by IBM, Sony and Toshiba. In the more complex arithmetic, this new processor multiplied by five processors speed Cell / BE original.
QS22 integrates Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system as the main development environment and open Eclipse. This new server includes the following integrated functions:
- IBM Power Configurator.
- IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager.
- IBM Rear Door Heat eXchanger.
- IBM Services Data Center Energy Efficiency.
