Deliveries will begin in March 2000. CMOS processors which is currently the most powerful in the world. For the first time these use copper rather than aluminum chips, and therefore require some 25 per cent less power than traditional aluminum technology. Lower power consumption ensures that less heat develops, allowing the use of smaller structures in chip programming as well as higher clock rates. The S170 series features seven BS2000 mainframe model variants with from three to fourteen processors.
All models also have an additional processor, which serves as a silent reserve.
If one of the other processors should fail, this processor takes over the tasks of the failed processor without operation interruption or without any reduction in system performance. Main memory can be extended to a maximum of 32 Gbytes. Users in banks, the insurance sector, industry and the public sector use BS2000 mainframes for mission-critical applications in online operation and for comprehensive batch processing. With its almost unlimited scalability, the S170 mainframe is the ideal platform for data warehouse solutions, e-business applications and server consolidation. CMOS copper technology and support for high speed fiber channel output directly to peripherals.