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2000 

IBM

 announces the 

IBM

 eServer pSeries 680    code named  Turbo     as the most powerful 

commercial server in history. Built on the award winning 

RS

/6000 S80 design, the p680 

immediately captures eight major performance benchmark records using up to 24 copper 

microprocessors with 

IBM

's breakthrough Silicon on Insulator (

SOI

) technology.  

The company reports that it has reached a new milestone in server sales with the shipment of the 

1,000th 

RS

/6000 S80 server just four months after its product launch. Six months later, 

IBM

announces  Blue Hammer,  the world's most powerful 

UNIX

 cluster system dedicated to Web 

based commerce, to bring the comprehensive management capabilities of 

IBM

's industry leading 

supercomputers to its top performing 

RS

/6000 S80 enterprise server.  

IBM

 debuts a commercial version of 

ASCI

 White    the most powerful supercomputer in the 

world. The new 

RS

/6000 

SP

 system uses performance enhancing copper microprocessors, silicon 

switching technology and advanced software to provide e businesses with the unmatched 

processing speed, scalability and reliability needed for demanding e commerce applications. 

Also introduced is the 

RS

/6000 44P Model 270, the world's fastest 4 way Web Server. The first 

entry 

UNIX

 server to implement performance enhancing copper technology, the Model 270 is 

ideal for running sophisticated e commerce applications as well as general business applications 

used by small  and medium sized companies. Complementing the Model 270, 

IBM

 also rolls out 

the 

RS

/6000 44P Model 170 uniprocessor system. The Finnish academic supercomputing center  

  CSC    selects an ultra powerful IBM RS/6000 SP system as its next generation supercomputer 

for the Ministry of Education. Upon installation, the 

IBM

 system will be the most powerful 

commercial supercomputer in Europe. 

IBM

 reports that its next generation 

RS

/6000 

SP

 system 

with DB2 Universal Database Version 7.1 set a new record for business intelligence performance 

in the 

TPC

 H benchmark, easily beating the previous record at a price/performance ratio three 

times better than the competition.  

IBM

 begins volume shipments of the new line of 

AS

/400e servers powered by the world's first 

production microchips made of silicon on insulator transistors and copper wiring.  

The 

IBM

 IntelliStation Z Pro 

NT

 based workstation is announced in January, demonstrating 

IBM

's ability to support companies integrating both 

UNIX

  and Windows 

NT

 based workstations 

in heterogeneous environments. Complementing the new IntelliStation, 

IBM

 offers the T56A 15 

inch Thin Film Transistor flat panel monitor and the P96 19 inch cathode ray tube monitor. Five 

months later, 

IBM

 rolls out the IntelliStation M Pro and Z Pro, affordable 

NT

 computer 

workstations for tackling complex digital design projects. And four months after that, the 

company announces the IntelliStation E Pro workstation to deliver workstation power for the 

price of a 

PC

, along with new models of the IntelliStation M Pro and Z Pro.  

IBM

 introduces in March the Netfinity 7100 and 7600 four way servers built for Windows 2000 

and which leverage 

IBM

's X architecture Super Server technologies. That same month, 

IBM

 and 

Microsoft announce a new Internet appliance    the 

IBM

 Netfinity A100    using an operating  

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