P Series

P Series definition - computer

See pSeries.



pSeries definition - computer

A family of Unix-based servers from IBM that are based on IBM's POWER CPUs and run under the AIX and Linux operating systems. Officially known as the eServer pSeries, the pSeries is IBM's server family for computation-intensive applications in graphics, scientific and industrial fields. Originally launched as the RS/6000 family of workstations and servers in 1990, the first pSeries server models were introduced in 2000.

RS/6000 to pSeries to p5
In 2004, IBM introduced the eServer p5, once again, changing the name of the line. p5 servers use the POWER5 CPU. See p5 and RS/6000.



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