“IBM plans to announce an updated Power5+ server Wednesday,
along with an effort to woo Linux customers to use it.“The new version of the p5-560Q system uses a faster version of
the Power5+ processor running at 1.8GHz compared to the earlier
1.5GHz model, said Scott Handy, vice president of Linux and open
source at IBM. The systems employ IBM’s Quad-Core Modules, which
fit two dual-core Power5+ chips into a single package and let eight
of the chips fit into a single system…”