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Comment #49458939
In 2019 the two fastest machines in the world, Summit & Sierra (see top500.org) used ppc64le + Nvidia GPUs.
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Comment #47613158
POWER is sold standalone, it's not packaged with Z. https://www.ibm.com/products/power The i systems are just POWER machines with different firmware.
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Comment #47613015
Yes. Apple used PowerPC, and PowerPC was also in the Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, and Wii U. It was also widespread in embedded sectors like networking, automotive, and aerospace. IBM event…
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Comment #47612625
They design and build not one but two CPU architectures, s390/Z and POWER. Both have been around for many years, but neither is obsolete, they're just not designed for consumer app…