The RISC System/6000 is a family of RISC -based (Reduced Instruction Set Computer-based) Unix servers, workstations and supercomputers made by IBM in the 1990s. The RS/6000 family replaced the IBM RT PC computer platform in February 1990 and is the first computer line to see the use of IBM's POWER and PowerPC based microprocessors.

Although the RISC-driven PC didn’t meet with much success, it led to subsequent advancements of the microprocessor. In 1990, IBM released the RISC System/6000, later shortened to IBM RS/6000, which was the progenitor of the high-performance, low-energy-consumption line of IBM Power Systems.

The RS/6000 system features Micro Channel Architecture and high-speed optical serial links that provide a high 1/0 bandwidth. Because of these careful design choices, the RS/6000 system not only attains excellent performance in industry standard benchmarks that usually deal with limited data volumes, but it also has plenty of reserve powerfor ...

Scalable POWERparallel (SP) is a series of supercomputers from IBM. SP systems were part of the IBM RISC System/6000 (RS/6000) family, and were also called the RS/6000 SP. The first model, the SP1, was introduced in February 1993, and new models were introduced throughout the 1990s until the RS/6000 was succeeded by eServer pSeries in October 2000.

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The RISC System/6000* family is based on the new IBM POWER (Performance Optimization With Enhanced RISC) architecture; the hardware implementation takes advantage of this powerful RISC architecture and employs sophisticated design techniques to achieve a short cycle time and a low cycles-per-instruction (CPI) ratio.

The IBM RS/6000 family is a scalable, software-compatible line of RISC UNIX workstations, servers, and supercomputers powered by IBMs AIX operating system. On February 7, 2000, IBM announced two exciting additions to this family, the 44P Models 170 and 270.

RISC System/6000, or RS/6000 for short, is a family of RISC and UNIX based servers, workstations and supercomputers made by IBM in the 1990s. The RS/6000 family replaced the IBM RT computer platform in February 1990 and was the first computer line to see the use of IBM 's POWER and PowerPC based microprocessors.

The IBM RS/6000 SP is a distributed memory, message passing parallel system based on the IBM POWER processors. Several generations of the system were developed by IBM and thousands of systems were delivered to customers.

This book provides information about the RS/6000 Enterprise Server Model M80 and IBM® pSeries 660 Model 6M1, specifically how to install and remove options, use the system, use diagnostics and service aids, and verify system operation.