[geeks] AS/400 CPUs

[vance at neurotica.com]

I'm not really familiar with them, but the chip is actually called
PowerAS.  I believe they're PowerPC-based SOI chips.

Peace...  Sridhar

On Wed, 30 Apr 2003, Kevin wrote:

> Anyone here familiar with IBM's "Silicon-on-insulator (SOI)"
> CPUs used in the low end AS/400s?  I see the POWER4 CPUs are
> used only in the higher end models.  From what i can tell
> Linux is supported on the POWER4 AS/400s and not on the lesser
> models.  Are the SOI CPUs CISC or RISC?
>
> Thanks,
> /KRM
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