IBM to ship its Power9 system this month, claiming AI leadership in the data center

(Source: Network World) In 2018 IBM plans to release servers with a version of the Power9 tuned for AIX and System i, with SMT8 eight-way multithreading and PowerVM virtualization, topping out at 12 cores but likely running at faster clock speeds. IBM has been working on the new-generation Power processor for four years, and started revealing …