
When it comes to hulking server designs, <A HREF="http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-6158739.html?tag=nl.e589">IBM's forthcoming Power6 chip</A> one-ups its predecessor's multiprocessor abilities by a factor of two. IBM's current Power5+ chip works in servers with as many as 32 of the dual-core processors. Power6, though, jumps ahead with 64-chip support, said Power6 architect Brad McCredie and Josh Friedrich, who led work on Power6's memory subsystem.