System/370 Market Chronology of Products & Services

origins of the System/360


Product or Event	Ann. FCS	Description
Bell Labs	48	Invention of transistor
Noyce, Kilby	59	Integrated circuit; patent in 1968
IBM Memory	60-?? 60-??	IBM 1 Mbit Mag.Core Memory: $1M
CDC 6600	63-08 64-09	LARGE SCIENTIFIC PROCESSOR
IBM 2701	6???? 6????	DATA ADAPTER 4 LINES, 230KB
IBM 2702	6???? 6????	DATA ADAPTER (LOW SPEED)
IBM DOS/360	6???? 6????	SCP FOR SMALL/INTERMEDIATE SYSTEMS
IBM OS/360	64-04 6????	PCP - SINGLE PARTITION SCP FOR S/360
IBM S/360-30	64-04 65-05 13	SMALL; 64K MEMORY LIMIT, MICROCODE CTL.
IBM S/360-40	64-04 65-04 12	SMALL-INTERMED.; 256K MEMORY LIMIT
IBM S/360-50	64-04 65-08 16	INTERMED.-LARGE
IBM S/360-60	64-04 N/A	Large system - never shipped
IBM S/360-62	64-04 N/A	Large system - never shipped
IBM S/360-70	64-04 N/A	Large system - never shipped
IBM S/360-90	64-04	Very large scientific S/360 - never shipped
IBM S/360-90	64-04	Very large scientific S/360 - never shipped
IBM S/360-92	64-08	Replaced 360/90 - never shipped
CDC 6800	64-12	LARGE SCIENTIFIC SYSTEM - LATER 7600
IBM OS/360	64-04	OS/360 announced with three options - PCP, MFT and MVT
IBM OS/360	64-04 65-11	PCP option - Primary Control Program - single tasking
IBM OS/360	64-04 66-11	MFT-I - first try at multiprogramming with fixed partitions
IBM OS/360	64-04 67-08	MVT - Multiprogramming with advanced memory management (OS/360 R13)
IBM 2314	65-?? 65-04	DISK: 29MB/drive, 2 drives/box, removeable media,$890/MB
IBM S/360-65	65-04 65-11 07	MAJOR LARGE S/360 CPU
IBM S/360-75	65-04 66-01 09	LARGE CPU; NO MICROCODE; NOT SUCCESSFUL
IBM S/360-91	65-07 67-10	RENAMED 360/92 WITH CORE
IBM S/360-195	65-07 68-02	RENAMED 360/92 WITH THIN FILM MEMORY
IBM S/360-44	65-08 66-07 11	INTERMED. CPU,;SCIENTIFIC;NO MICROCODE
IBM S/360-67	65-08 67-07	MOD 65+DAT; 1ST IBM VIRTUAL MEMORY
IBM PL/I LANG.	64-04 66-03	MAJOR NEW LANGUAGE (IBM)
IBM PRICE	67-?? 67???	PRICE INCREASE???
IBM TSS	65-08 67-10	32-BIT VS SCP-MOD 67; COMMERCIAL FAILURE
1Kbit/chip RAM	68	First commercial semiconductor memory chip (Defective chips were epoxied into keyfobs and sold for $5 - possibly making most profit)
IBM CP/67	68+?? 68+??	MULTIPLE VIRTUAL MACHINES SCP-MOD 67
IBM S/360-25	68-01 68-10 09	Small S/360 CPU; WRITABLE CONTROL STORE Excellent IBM 1401 emulator
IBM S/360-85	68-01 69-12 09	New top end S/360 CPU; first use of cache memory in CPU and block multiplexor channels
IBM SW UNBUNDLE	69-06 70-01 07	IBM SOFTWARE, SE SERVICES SEP. PRICED
IBM S/360-195	69-08 71-03 20	New top end S/360 CPU - only a handfull sold
IBM 3330-1	70-06 71-08 14	DISK: 200MB/BOX, $392/MB
IBM S/370 ARCH.	70-06 71-02 08	Minor extensions to S/360 architecture
IBM S/370-155	70-06 71-01 08	Large S/370
IBM S/370-165	70-06 71-04 10	Very large S/370
IBM S/370-145	70-09 71-08 11	MEDIUM S/370 - BIPOLAR MEMORY - VS READY
AMH=AMDAHL	70-10	AMDAHL CORP. STARTS BUSINESS
IBM S/370-135	71-03 72-05 14	INTERMED. S/370 CPU
IBM S/360-22	71-04 71-07 03	Small CPU - not really a /360
IBM LEASE	71-05 71 06 01	FixTERM PLAN;AVE. -16% FOR 1,2 YR LEASE
IBM PRICE	71-06 73-05	+5% ON SOME CPUS;1.5% WTD AVE. ALL CPU
IBM S/370-195	71-06 73-05	S/370 version of 360/195, FEW SOLD
Intel, Hoff	71	Invention of microprocessor
IBM MVS-JES3	72+?? 75-10	LOOSE-COUPLED MP (ASP-LIKE)
IBM VSAM	72+?? 7?-??	NEW RANDOM ACCESS METHOD
IBM VM ASSIST	72+?? 7?-??	MICROCODE ASSIST FOR VM/370
IBM 3705	72-03 72-06	COMMS CNTLR: 352 LINES; 56KB/SEC
IBM S/370 VS	72-08 73-08 12	Virtual storage architecture for S/370 "Today IBM announces tomorrow" 370/135 and 370/145 reannounce as VS-ready - hardware already present. 370/155 and 370/165 obsoleted unless retrofitted with DAT box for $200k - users persuaded to purchase installed rented machines in preceding weeks enraged
IBM 135-3	72-08 73-08 12	INTERMED. S/370 CPU
IBM 145-3	72-08 73-08 12	INTERMED. S/370 CPU
IBM 158	72-08 73-04 08	Large S/370, virtual memory - replaces 370/155 ISC (integrated 3830 controller) very popular
IBM 168	72-08 73-08 12	Large S/370, virtual memory - replaces 370/165
IBM OS/VS1	72-08 73-??	VIRTUAL STORAGE VERSION OF OS/MFT Sophisticated integrated SPOOLing and communications subsystems
IBM OS/VS2(SVS)	72-08 72+??	VIRTUAL STORAGE VERSION OF OS/MVT HASP now integrated as JES2
IBM OS/VS2(MVS)	72-08 74-08	MULTIPLE VIRTUAL ADDRESS SPACES
IBM VM/370	72-08 72+??	MULTIPLE VIRTUAL MACHINES (LIKE CP/67)
IBM 125	72-10 73-04 06	SMALL S/370 CPU
Intel DRAM	73	4Kbit DRAM Chip
IBM SNA	73-?? 73+??	SYSTEM NETWORK ARCHITECTURE
IBM 3704	73-02 73-05 03	PROGR.COMM.CONTROLLER:32 LINES; 50KB/SEC
IBM VTAM	73-02 73+??	VIRTUAL TELECOM. ACCESS METHOD
IBM 3420 TAPE	73-02 74-02 12	6250 BPI, GCR HI Density Tape
IBM 115	73-03 74-03 12	SMALL S/370
IBM 158MP	73-03 73+??	MULTIPROCESSOR OF MOD 158
IBM 168MP	73-03 73+??	MULTIPROCESSOR OF MOD 168
IBM PRICE	73-06 73-06 00	-4% RENT ON S/360 MODELS
IBM PRICE	73-11 74-02 03	+2% ACROSS THE BOARD
IBM 3330-11	73-?? 73+??	DISK: 400MB/BOX; $279/MB
IBM 3340	73-?? 73+??	DISK: 70MB/DRIVE, $274/MB Removeable media/heads assembly in sealed cartridge often referred to as "Starship Enterprise"
IBM SNA/ACF/NCP	74-?? 74+??	MULTIHOSTS;FUNCTIONS IN 370X OFFLOADS 370
IBM PRICE	74-09 74-??	+6% TO 8% ACROSS THE BOARD S/370
IBM SNA	74-09 74-++ --	SYSTEM NETWORK ARCHITECTURE ANNOUNCED
IBM 3850	74-10 74+??	MASS STORAGE SYSTEM WITH SPECIAL TAPES
Mostek DRAM	75	16Kbit DRAM Chip
IBM 158-3	75-03 76-09 18	IMPROVED MOD 158
IBM 158-3MP	75-03 76+??	MULTIPROCESSOR OF MOD 158-3
IBM 168-3	75-03 76-06 15	IMPROVED MOD 168
IBM 168-3 MP	75-03 76+??	MULTIPROCESSOR OF MOD 168-3
AMH V/6	75-04?75-06 02	FIRST AMDAHL MACHINE, FIRST PCM CPU
IBM 3350	75-07 76-03 08	DISK:635MB/BOX $112/MB, FIXED MEDIA
IBM PRICE	75-09 75-??	+4% PRICE/RENT, +8% MAINTENANCE
IBM 3705-II	75-11 76-??	BETTER PRICE/PERF. VERSION OF 3705
IBM 115-2	75-11 76-04 05	SMALL S/370
IBM 125-2	75-11 76-02 03	SMALL S/370
IBM 168-3 AP	76-02 76+??	MP with channels on one side only
IBM PRICE	76-05 76-05 00	-35% MEM.PRICES:158,168 (TO $170K/MB)
IBM 138	76-06 76-11 05	INTERMED. S/370, VIRTUAL MEMORY
IBM 148	76-06 77-01 07	INTERMED. S/370, VIRTUAL MEMORY
IBM PRICE	76-08 76-08 00	168 MAINT. DECR. BY $60/MO.
IBM 158-3 AP	76-10 76+??	MP with channels on one side only
IBM SNA/ACF,NCP	76-11 76+??	MULTI-HOST+ OTHER SNA ENHANCEMENTS
AMH V6-2	76-10 77-09 11	(1.05-1.15)*V6 WITH 32K BUFFER
IBM 3033	77-03 78-03 12	New top end S/370 with EF instructions
IBM MVS/SE	77-03 78-03 12	MVS Add-on using EF instructions FIRST MVS PROGRAM PRODUCT
IBM VM	77-03 78-03 12	FIRST VM PROGRAM PRODUCT
IBM PRICEs	77-03 77-03 00	-30% MOD 158, 168 MEM.(TO $110K/MB)
AMH V7	77-03 78-09 18	AMDAHL RESP. TO 3033 (1.5-1.7)* V6
AMH V5	77-03 77-09 06	(.65-.75)*V6 (degraded version, field upgrade)
IBM PRICE	77-04 77-04 00	-20% MOD 135,145 MEMORY
IBM 3031	77-10 78-03 05	370/158 replacement, S/370+EF instructions Recycled 370/158 hardware
IBM 3032	77-10 78-03 05	370/168 replacement, S/370+EF instructions Recycled 370/158 hardware in IOPs
IBM 3033 MP	78-03 79-09 18	Full multiprocessor version of 3033 Hardware partitionable into two 3033s
IBM 138,148	78-03 78-03 00	-18% PRICE CUT (PURCHASE ONLY)
AMH PLANT	78-05	AMDAHL OPENS DUBLIN, IRELAND PLANT
IBM PRICE	78-06 78-06 00	-10% 145,155, 165 MAINTENANCE
AMH SEA	78-06 78-10 04	COMPAT. SW (EQUIV. TO IBM MVS/EF)
IBM 3031 AP	78-09 79-09 12	Attached processor version of 3031
IBM 8100	78-10 79-09 11	Small system for distributed processing
AMH V8	78-10 79-09 11	(1.80-2.00)*V6, field upgrade from V7
AMH VM/PE	78-11 79-02 03	Software performane enhancement for VM/370
IBM PRICE	78-12 79-12 00	-30% MEMORY (TO $75K/MB)
IBM 3031MP	78??? 79???	MULTIPROCESSOR OF 3031
IBM 3033AP	79-01 80-02 13	ATTACHED PROCESSOR OF 3033 (3042)
IBM UNBUN.SW M.	79-01 80-01 12	-7 TO -44% SW PRICES;SW MAINT.SEPARATE
IBM SW	79-01 80-01 12	FREE CENTRAL, CHARGED LOCAL SW MAINT.
IBM 4300	79-01	NEW MED. SYSTEMS,$350K/MIPS,704 GATE/CHIP
IBM 4300 ARCH.	79-01 79-06 06	NEW 1 ADDR. SPACE VIRT.STORE,CHAN.DAT
IBM FX BL ARCH.	79-01 79-12 11	NEW DASD ARCH. FOR 4300, 512BYTE BLOCKS
IBM 4331	79-01 79-06 05	INTERM. S/370+DOS/ECPS INSTR'S
IBM 4341	79-01 79-11 11	INTERM. S/370+DOS/ECPS INSTR'S. Dramatic price/performance responsible for demise of ITEL by destroying market value expectations of 370/158s on lease.
IBM 3370	79-01 79-12 11	571MB/DRIVENON-REM.,$45/MB,Fx BL.
IBM LEASE CRED.	79-03 79-??	20% CREDIT IF CONVERTED TO LEASE ?????
IBM MVS/SE2	79-03 79-08 05	IMPR. VERSION MVS/SE;NO NEW INSTR.
IBM PRICE	79-05 79-05 00	-20%PURCH,-15%LEASE ON SEL. PERIPH
IBM PRICE	79-06 79-09 03	+5% LEASE,+15%MAINT.
IBM SNA/ADN	79-06 79-??	ADV.DATA.NETW.:FLEX.LINKS, PATHS
BANK LOANS	79-07 ----- --	$1.5B CREDIT FROM BANKS
IBM 3704,3705	79-08 79-08 00	-30% PRICE CUT:LINE-SETS, COMM. SCANNER
AMH V7A	79-08 79-09 01	(1.25-1.45)*V6, FIELD UPGR.(V7-V8)
IBM BOND OFFER	79-09 79-10 --	$500M DUE 1986, $500M DUE 2004, 9.5%
AMH ACCELL.	79-10 79-12 02	+20% PERF. OF V7A,V7B on demand
IBM 3033	79-11 79-11 00	-15% PURCHASE PRICE CUT
IBM 3031,3032	79-11 79-11 00	-20% PURCHASE PRICE CUT
IBM S/370,303X	79-11 79-11 00	-33% MEM. PURCH.PRICE (TO $50K/MB)
IBM 3033N	79-11 80-01 04	DEGRADED 3033, 3.9MIPS
AMH V7B	79-11 80-03 04	(.9-1.1)*V6, FIELD UPGRADABLE (V7-V8)
AMH Tran	80-03	Amdahl Acquires Tran
IBM 3033AP	80-06 80-08 02	3033 ATTACHED PROCESSOR
IBM Data Str.	80-06 81-10 16	3MB/s Data Streaming channels, I/O I/F
IBM 3380	80-06 81-10 16	DISK:2.5GB/BOX;$35/MB;3MB/S
IBM 3375	80-06 81-3Q 15	DISK: 819MB/BOX (1.86MB/S), $45/MB
IBM 3033	80-06 81-10 16	Ext. Addr.=32MB REAL ADDR.;MP ONLY
IBM D.Addr.Sp.	80-06 81-06 12	Dual Address Space for 3033
IBM MVS/SP R1	80-06 80-12 06	UNBUNDLED MVS, SUPPORT 3380,3375
IBM MVS/SP R2	80-06 81-06 12	R1 + CROSS MEMORY SRVC'S,GLOBAL ENQ/DEQ
IBM 3033XF	80-06 81-06 12	OPTIONAL HW/FW PERF. ENHANCE FOR MVS/SP
AMH	80-07	AMDAHL ACQUIRES TRAN TEL. CORP.
IBM PRICE	80-07 81-04 09	+5% LEASE/RENT PRICE INCREASE 303X/370/4300
IBM S/3X	80-07 81-04 09	+7% LEASE/RENT ON SMALL SYSTEMS
AMH Data Str.	80-08 81-3Q 13	3MB/s Data Streaming channels, I/O I/F
NAS Data Str.	80-?? 82-05	3MB/s Data Streaming channels, I/O I/F
AMH UTS	80-09 81-05	UTS=Amdahl Unix Op. System (under VM)
IBM 4341G2	80-09 81-2Q 09	UP TO 1.8* PERF. OF 4341(1.3 MIPS)
NAS 9000	80-09 80-11 02	HITACHI-MADE UP, PERF: 2*3033
AMH 4705 FEP	80-10 80-11 01	COMM.PROCESSOR,3705 COMPAT.(1.8*IBM 3705)
IBM 3081D	80-11 81-4Q 12	FIRST H MODEL, 10MIPS IN DP, WATER COOLED
IBM MEM PRICE	80-11 81-4Q 12	$25K PER MBYTE (3081)
IBM MEM PRICE	80-11 80-11 --	$37K PER MBYTE (303X)
IBM MVS/SP R3	80-11 81-10 11	SP R2+ >16MB SUPPORT, 3081 SUPPORT
IBM 3033 24MB	80-11 81-11 12	24MB REAL MEM. FOR 3033UP, AP
IBM 3033S	80-11 81-01 02	2.2MIPS, DEGRADED 3033 (ENTRY 3033 MODEL) 512 byte (1/4 KB) high speed buffer - smaller than a 3270
IBM 3033N UPGR.	80-11 80-11 00	9%-14% PERF. IMPROVE, NO CHARGE
IBM PRICE	80-11 80-11 00	-15%--18% on 303x PURCH., -5--15% MAINT.
IBM PRICE	80-11 80-11 00	UP TO -30% ON SW MAINTENANCE
AMH 580/5860	80-11 82-09 22	(2*V8, 12+ MIPS) UP, NEW,AIR COOLED TECH.
AMH 580/5880	80-11 85-05 54	MP OF 5860 AT 21+ MIPS
AMH 470 V7C	80-11 81-3Q 10	2.3MIPS DEGRADED V7 (ENTRY V7 MODEL)
AMH PRICE	80-11 80-11 00	-17% on 470
IBM PRICE	80-12 81-04 03	+4-6% 303x LEASE ONLY;+7%LEASE,+5% PURCH.
AMH D.Addr.Sp.	81-01 81-1Q 05	Amdahl Dual Address Space
NAS D.Addr.Sp.	81-01 81-08 07	NAS Dual Address Space
AMH UTS	81-05	UTS = FIRST S/370 UNIX (UNDER VM)
IBM IPO	81-06	IBM SIPOs AVAIL. TO PCM MACHINES
IBM PRICE	81-06	+7% 303x LEASE,15% PP, +5% 43xx PURCH,LSE
IBM X.25,21	81-07	IBM SUPPORTS X.25, X.21 UNDER SNA
IBM 3081K	81-10 82-2Q 08	NEW DP FUM: 1.35*3081D, 64K BUFFER/OVLAP
IBM 370-XA	81-10 83-03 17	NEW ARCH 3081: 31 BIT REAL/VIRT, NEW I/O
IBM SIE	81-10 82-2Q 08	New Instruction for VM
IBM SIE Assist	81-10 82-2Q 08	Assist for SIE
AMH 370-XA	81-10	INTENTION TO SUPPORT 370-XA ON 580, 470
IBM 3880-11	81-10 82-04 06	DISK CACHE, 8MB FOR PAGING/SWAPPING, 3350
IBM 3880-13	81-10 82-09 11	DISK CACHE 8MB FOR FILE ACCESS
IBM MVS/SP V2	81-10 83-03 17	NEW MVS (A PP) SUPPORTING 370-XA
VM/XA Migr. Aid	81-10 83-12 26	SW to allow MVS/XA debug under VM on 3081
IBM 3033 PRICE	81-10	10% IN US, 12-20% EUROPE PURCH. ONLY
IBM 3033S PERF.	81-10 82-06 08	NO-CHARGE PERF. BOOST BY 8%-10%
AMH 580/5870	81-10 84-05	1.7*5860, 2 Tight Coupled CPUs,1 Chan.Set
LEGAL	82-1	US DROPS ANTITRUST SUIT AGAINST IBM
LEGAL	82-1	US SETTLES AT&T; ANTITRUST CASE
STC 8890	82-1	STC's Sybercache Disk Cache
IBM 3033	82-03	16% PUR.PRICE CUT, -14%Mem.Price($31K/MB)
IBM 3033	82-03	3033 Placed on LIMITED-NEW PRODUCTION
IBM 3083E	82-03 83-1Q 12	3.8MIPS "H" UP
IBM 3083B	82-03 83-1Q 12	5.5MIPS "H" UP(8MB or 8 Ch FCS 2Q84)
IBM 3083J	82-03 1A-1Q 12	7.2MIPS "H" UP " " " " "
NAS 9060, 9080	82-05	NAS ANNOUNCES 9060 UP, 9080 DP
NAS 370-XA	82-05	NAS ANNOUNCES OPTIONAL 370-XA FOR 90XA
NAS 9060	82-05 82-08	NAS SHIPS AS/9060 (W.O. XA)
IBM PRICE	82-09	-8% Purchase, 308X
IBM 3081G	82-09 83-09 12	"Slightly higher Perf. than 3081D"
IBM 3084	82-09 83-4Q 15	1.9*3081K Perf., 4 way MP, 3081K upgrade
AMH 480/5850	82-09 83-2Q 10	0.75*5860 UP
AMH 6000 DISK	82-09 82-10 1	6280 1.2GB DISK, 6880 CU
IBM 4341-12	82-10	1.07-1.15*4341G2(=1.5MIPS)
IBM PRICE	82-10	-19% Purchase on 4300 Processors
IBM SW LIC.	83-02	New IBM SW License Agreement: Source Code
IBM PRICE INCR	83-02	+18% Lease, Rental; Maint. +8% to -20%
IBM 3725	83-03	New FEP, 2*Perf. of IBM 3705
AMH 4705E	83-04 83-2Q	Improved 4705 FEP
MVS/XA,370-XA	81-10 83-03 17	XA HW, SW Shipped (on time)
IBM PRICE	83-05	Europe Only: -18% for 3083, -10% for 3081
IBM PRICE	83-05	-20% 308x Memory (to $20K/MB),-12% Maint.
		-23% 3350 DASD Purch.
NAS AS/8000	83-05 83-3Q	5 to 8MIPS,Hitachi-made;compete with 3083
AMH 370-XA	83-06 84-06 12	FCS: 370-XA FOR 580 SERIES(STANDARD)
AMH 5840	83-06	DEGRADED 5860 UNIPROCESSOR
3084 "MERGE"	83-07 84-1Q?	RPQ's To merge 2 3081K's==>3084 $400K
"DEMERGE"	83-07 85-2Q	" " move demerge/move 3084 ($200K)
IBM PRICE	83-09	-10% to -14% on 308X Purch. prices
IBM 4361	83-09 84-1Q 06	2 models,(2to4*4331-2)upgrad. from 4331-2
IBM 4381	83-09 84-1Q	2 air-cooled models,(G2 is 2.4to3*4341G2)
STC	84-01	Storage Technology Corp. exits CPU Devel.
IBM	84-02 84-02	+5% to +14% Perf. new 308XX models +7% Lease/rent; (to +10%)maintenance, SW Third release of MVS/XA
AMH	84-03 84-05	6380 Large 3380-comp. DASD (2.5GB/unit)
		First Installed at Florida P&L;
AMH 580/5867	84-03 84-09	1.7*5850, 2 Tight Coupled CPUs,1 Chan.Set
ATT	84-03	ATT enters Mini/micro mkt with 6 models
NAS	82-05 03-84	FCS 370-XA FOR AS/90X0
NAS	84-04	NAS Announces 8000 models: 2.6 to 13 MIPS
IBM	84-04 85-03 11	3480 18 Track Cassette Tape(38KBytes/in)
IBM	84-05	+6% Perf. on non-X 308X models (NC)
Trilogy	84-06	Trilogy abandons mainframe development
ICL	84-07	ICL Stops Marketing Fujitsu mainframes
AMH	84-06	Amdahl Ships 580UP XA (standard on 580's)
Trilogy	84-08	Trilogy abandons wafer scale integration
EEC-IBM	84-08	IBM gives "Undertaking" to EU about interface disclosure
NAS 9061	84-08	NAS Announces Array Proc. option ($300K)
IBM PRICE DECR	84-08 84-09	-12% to -16% Purch. 308XX, -10% 3380/3880
		-4% to -11% 308X/X model-upgrade prices
		-18% Memory Price (to $16.25K/MB)
		+15% 3380/3880 Lease Price
IBM Buys Rolm	84-09	IBM Announces Buy of Rolm Corp.(PBX Mfg)
AMH Supercomp.	84-09	Amdahl Announces Models 1100/1200 VP's Fujitsu supercomputers @267/533 MFLOPS IBM S/370 compatible (SW, Peripherals) Very few sold
AMH XA On DP	84-09	Amdahl Ships XA on 5870 DP
CDC PCM DASD	84-09	CDC ends production of its 33800 PCM DASD
STC Losses	84-3Q	STC Loses >$20M 3Q84, lays-off 1500 (10%)
STC Bankrupt	84-10	STC files for Chapter 11
IBM 3083CX	84-10 85-2Q 08	3MIPS=0.75*EX Model, smallest 308X
IBM 4381G3	84-10 85-2Q 08	4381 DP Model, 4.6MIPS=1.7*4381G2
		$10K/MByte, 256Kbit chips
AMH DASD	84-11	-48% to-52% Prices for 6880 cache
		-20% to -25% Maint. on 6880 CU's
AMH MDF	84-12	MULTIPLE DOMAIN FACILITY
NAS	12-84	FCS 370-XA FOR AS/80X3
AMH 4705T	85-1	Improved FEP
IBM 3380E	85-2 85-12 10	Double capacity drive (more tracks)
		$26.10/MByte. Upgradable from 3380D
		at $18.38/MB. -10% maintenance.
IBM 3380D	85-2 85-3 01	Same capacity as 3380 ($33.97/MB) Upgradable to 3380E.
IBM 3090-200	85-2 85-11 09	"Sierra" DP, ECL/TCM technology, 18.5ns ECL/TCM Circuits, 288Kb RAM chips 1.7 to 1.9 times 3081KX (commercial) (Estimated at about 28MIPS) 1.9 to 2.9 times 3081KX (scientific) Price: $5.15M (64MB, 40ch) $184K/MIPS $5.62 With 64M ES $200K/MIPS
IBM Exp. Store	85-2 85-11	Page addressable (64,128MB) at $6.5K/MB
IBM 3090-400	85-2 87-2Q 29	"Sierra" 4-way MP, Basically 2 Mod 200 1.7 to 1.9 times 3090/200 Price: $10.54M (128MB, 80Ch, 128MB ES)
IBM PRICE	85-2	-5% on 308X mainframes
IBM PRICE	85-2	+7% on Program Products, rent/lease
		+5% to 10% Maint. Midrange systems
		+10%, 8% Maint. Calls, Engr. Services
AMH	85-2	-6% to -12% On 580 Purch. Prices
		-23% on main memory
AMH 6380M4	85-2 85-3	-20% Price, same capacity as 6380
NAS AS-XL-60	85-03 86-2Q	UP @ 27MIPS, or 2.5*AS/9060; 2000g/chip
-80	85-03 86-2Q	DP @ 50 MIPS.
NAS AS 7380E	85-03 86-2Q	Double Capacity DASD
IBM PR. DECR.	85-06	-6% on 308x, 4300 mainframes
AMH 5880MP	80-11 85-05	FCS of MP model of 580
IBM 3090-400	85-10 86-4Q	Revised date of 3090-400 FCS
IBM Vector Fac.	85-10 86-02	Vector facility; 108MFL peak, $300,000
AMH 5890-300	85-10 86-2Q	DP 1.7 to 1.9 * 5870
AMH 5890-200	85-10 87-1Q	DP 0.75*5890-300
AMH 5890-600	85-10 87-4Q	4-way, 1.7 to 1.9 * 5890-300
AMH 6380E	85-12 86-4Q	Double capacity (more tracks)
		Competitor to IBM 3380E; upgradable
		from AMD 6380 (certain serial nos)
AMH UTS/580	86-01 86-2Q	UTS "native" (w.o. VM)
IBM PR. Decr.	86-02	-10% 3090-200, -8.6% 3090-400,
		-21% (up-to- 308XX)
IBM 3090-150	86-02 86-10	About 10 MIPS, UP
IBM 3090-180	86-02 86-04	15 MIPS, UP
IBM 4381-11-14	86-02 86-04	4 New 4381 Models: 1.3 to 6.5MIPS
AMH 6680 EDAS	86-04 86-06	64 to 256MB electronic disk
AMH 5890-300	86-08 86-08	PERF. MEASURES 10% HIGHER
AMH 4.5MB/s	86-09 87-2Q	4.5MB/s channel for AMD 6680 EDAS
IBM PRICE	86-10	3090 prices adjusted by country
		+3% to 6% in UK
		+5% in Norway
		-7% to -9% in Switzerland
		-3% to -6% in Germany, Belg.,Neth.
IBM 9370	86-10 87-3Q	4 Models of new midrange S/370 CPU's
		0.5 to 2.5 MIPS
IBM SW PRICING	86-10	Graduated pricing on 90 program products
		One-time prices only; 4 CPU price levels
		VM included, but NOT MVS
IBM LDS	86-10	"Linear Data Sets" for VSAM; allows
		file-space-memory space xfer without I/O
TSAF	86-10	Method of Loose-Coupling VM systems
IBM 3090E	87-01 87-2Q	"E" models of 3090
		(150E, 180E, 200E,300E,400E, 600E)
		Performance:+5% to +15% vs non-E
		New: 300E @1.6200;600E @1.5400
		3090-300 has 3P, 600 has 6P
AMH 5890-190	87-1 03-87	UP, about 0.52*5890-300DP
AMH 5890-400E	87-02 4Q-87	3-way, @1.4*5890-300
NAS Vector Fac.	87-02	NAS sells 1st XL vector facility
IBM SAA	87-03	IBM System Application Arch.
		Common program, user I/F's PC-3090
IBM PS/2	87-04 4Q87	New PC line incl. 32-bit 80386
IBM 3090-120E	87-05 10-87	Degraded UP @ .75*3090-150E
IBM 4381-2X	87-05 1Q-88	1.3*4381-1X models
IBM SW PRICING	87-05	MVS Grad.SW prices(4 proc.groups)
NAS XL/40,50	87-05 3Q-87	Europe only: 2 UP's, up to 9 MIPS
IBM VM/XA SP	87-06 88-03	31 bit VM and CMS
AMH 5890-180E	87-06	5890 Uniprocessor (Degrade)
IBM VM/XA MPG	87-06 ?????	Multiple Preferred Guests (4 max)
IBM Price Cut	87-07 87-07	-2.6% 3090-300, -5.5% 3090-600
IBM Price Cut	87-08 87-07	-8.7% to -19.8% 3090 upgrade prices
NAS VL/40-80	87-07 3Q87	4 models from 5 to 18 MIPS
AMH 5890-180E	87-06 09-87	UP, about 0.82*5890-190E
IBM 3380J,K	87-09 3Q-87	3380K: 7.5BG/BOX DASD; $17/MBYTE
IBM 3990	87-09 88-3Q	DASD CU WITH DUAL WRITE, DIRECT WRITE
IBM 4.5MB/S	87-09 87-10	4.5MB/S DATA TRANSFER:3090 TO 3880/3990
AMH 4725	87-09 87-09	FEP, 20% TO 80% MORE POWER THAN 4705
NAS 7380DASD	87-10	7.5GB/BOX DASD
AMH"ASPEN"	87-11	AMDAHL SHELVES ASPEN PROJECT
NEC 1MB/CHIP	87-11 88-01	NEC PRODUCTION OF 80NS, 1MB DRAM
ADAPSO VS IBM	87-12	ADAPSO COMPLAINS ABOUT IBM OCO TO EEC
IBM 3745	88-01 88-09	COMMUNICATIONS PROCESSOR (FEP)
CRAY Y-MP-832	88-02 88-3Q	SUPERCOMPUTER 30*CRAY-1; $20M
IBM ESA/370	88-02 88-08	"ENTERPRISE SYS.ARCH";3090/4381
		ACCESS TO MULTIPLE ADDRESS SPACES
IBM MVS/ESA	88-02 88-07	MVS/SP V3, USES ESA/370 ARCH.
		INCL. MVS/DFP V3; DFSMS AUTO.STORE.MGMT
AMH ESA/370	88-02	Amdahl will support MVS/ESA
IBM 3090-280E	88-02 88-2Q	2-Way 180E MP Partitionable
IBM 3090-500E	88-02 88-3Q	5-WAY 3090 (2WAY+3WAY) MP
IBM PR/SM	88-02 88-08	IBM VERSION OF MDF; 4 PARTITIONS
IBM PRICE CUT	88-02	-8% TO -22% EXPANDED STORAGE
IBM PRICE INCR	88-02	+7% MONTHLY LEASE, RENT, SVCS
IBM AIX/370	88-03 89-03	IBM Mainframe Unix; also for PC, RT
IBM AIX	88-04	IBM AIX FAMILY
AMH 5990-700	88-05 88-06	2P CPU, (1.5-2)*5890-300E
		TECHNOLOGY: 3,000-10,000 GATE, 180PS
AMH 5990-1400	88-05 88-4Q	4P CPU, (1.5-2)*5890-600E
AMH 5890-300E	88-05	2-way MP
OSF Founded	88-05	Open SW Found.
		Unix Devel: IBM,HP,DEC,...
AMH 6100	88-05 88-4Q	DASD CU, 512MB CACHE
AMH 6380J	88-05 89-1Q	DASD 2.5GB, 12MS ACCESS
AMH 6380K	88-05 89-1Q	DASD 7.5GB, 16MS ACCESS, $12.60/MB
AMH 4745	88-05 88-06	FEP, UP TO 4MB MEM., 256 LINES
IBM AS/400	88-06 88-08	NEW LINE OF MIDRANGE, NON-S/370 CPUS
	88-11	OS/400, SQL/400, AS/400-PC SUPPORT
NAS Optical Ch.	88-06 1Q-89	Fiber Optic I/O/I/F, 6MB/s, 1km CPU-CU
IBM 9370 SW Pr.	88-06	-25% Price cut OTC Group 10
IBM 3090"S"Mods	88-07 3Q/4Q-88	+25% perform., +9% price for S
IBM 3044	88-07	MOD C02, D02 Fiber Optic Extender
IBM Price Incr	88-07	+5% prices, NOT including 3090 HW
AMH PRICE	88-09	-10% to -14% 5890/5990; +5% Maint.
		-12% to -17% Upgrades
IBM Gr.Mon SW	88-07	Graduated Monthly SW Prices
IBM 9370	88-09 88-09	New Models, -23% prices on old models
NAS AS/EX	88-09 89-1Q	(1.15-1.25)*perf. of XL Models, priced
		VL(10-40) models renamed EX(10-40)
AMH ESA	88-09 89-4Q	Amdahl ESA on 5890/5990
IBM Netview R3	88-09	IBM Netview Rel. 3
IBM SAA-OSI	88-09	OSI Protocols included in SAA
IBM TCP/IP	88-09	Release 1 of TCP/IP for MVS
IBM 3090-250S	88-10 89-2Q	2-way 150S, MP partitionable
IBM DB2+	88-10 89-3Q	DB2 with some distributed features
IBM PR/SM+	88-10 88-4Q	PR/SM with up to 6 partitions
IBM CICS	88-10	CICS Statement of Direction
IBM IMS/ESA	88-10 90-03	IMS using ESA
IBM CICS OS/2	88-11	Version 1.1 of IBM CICS OS/2
IBM Token Ring	88-11	Speed to 16Mbits/s; enhancements
IBM-FJ	88-11	Fujitsu-IBM Arb.: Money, access
ANDOR Corp.	88-11 89-??	Andor: Ann. 10MIPS S/370 in 1989
Toshiba	88-11	Samples of 4Mbit DRAM chips
IBM-EEC	88-12	IBM Undertaking Extended Indef.
UI Founded	88-12	Unix Int'l to advise AT&T; on Unix
Fujitsu	88-12 90-04	VP2000 Supercomp.; 4GFlops Max
Fujitsu	88-12	Cells for 64Mbit DRAM chips
Telecom	88-12	Cross-Atl. Fiber Cable: 560Mb/s
Fujitsu-Amdahl	89-01	Fujitsu to sell Amdahl CPUs
NAS Sold	89-02	Nat.Semi sells NAS To Hitachi,EDS
AMH Buys Key	89-02	Amdahl Acquires Key Computer Co.
IBM 3090-100S	89-02 89-04	5.2MIIPS UP, smallest 3090,
IBM 4381 PRICE	89-02	-15% Pr. Cut Memory, -14% 91E,92E
IBM PRICE	89-02	-9% Main Store, -11%-17% Ex.Store
		-13% 3990 CU Cache Mem.
AMH UTS 2./0	89-02 89-3Q	MP, 1GB virtual, Streams,...
IBM AIX/370	89-02	Delay in FCS; Date of Date: July
Intel, NEC	89-02	Judgement in Intel-NEC micr. case
IBM	89-02 89-4Q	AIX/370 delay to within 1989
AMH	89-02 89-3Q	Amdahl UTS Rel 2.0 (Native S/370)
Intel	89-03 89-03	i860 Risc Micro, 33-40MH
IBM PRICE	89-03	+5% All U.S. Prices except Maint,
IBM	89-03	IBM 3090S Chip problems
Sorbus	89-03	Sorbus plans service of 3090 CPUs
AMH	89-03	+5% Price Incr. on 5890, 5990
		price cut on memory, exp. store
		+2% to +10% on 4745, 6100
AMH NPS/2700	89-04	Netw.Proc.Ser./2700(SNA,X.25,T1)
AMH 5990	89-04 89-04	5990-350(UP)
AMH 5990	89-04 89-05	5990-500(2P), 5990-1100(3P)
IBM 3090-380S	89-04 89-11	3090-380S: 3-way, partionable
EMC Add Memory	89-04	Add Memory for 3090: $290K/64MB
NEC	89-04 06-90	SX-8 5.5 to 22GFlops Supercomp.
AT&T;	89-04	AT&T; Ships first Unix Sys V R4
IBM	89-04	IBM Ships AIX for PS/2
IBM 7437	89-04 89	IBM 7437 S/370 Workst. 0.7MIPS
CDLA-IBM	89-04	CDLA Antitrust Complaint vs IBM
Telecom	89-04	Pacific Ocean Fiber Cable
Teradata	89-05 89-4Q	Optical Disk Store: 100-2000GByte
Hitachi	89-04 89-3Q	DK816: 8.8 inch, 2GByte DASD
Cray	89-05	Cray Splits; S. Cray to Cray Comp.
CA	89-05	Comp.Assoc.: First SW Co. >$1B
Mitsubishi	89-05	Cells for 64MBit DRAM chips
IBM SCSE	89-06	Supercomputer Extensions (SCSE):
		1) Clustered Fortran SW (12 way)
		2) H.S. Channel: 800Mbits/s
		3) File Striping (SW)
IBM-Fujitsu	89-06	Secure Facility For SW Opens
Xerox	89-06	Xerox wants licenses for graphics
CDC-Cray	89-06	CDC to remarket Cray systems
IBM	89-06	Experimental 22ns 1Mbit DRAM chip
AMH	89-06 89-09	Amdahl ESA for 5890 (earlier)
AMH 6110	89-06 89-4Q	Up to 1 Gbyte Electronic DASD
Hitachi DS	89-06 ?????	MLPF (like MDF, PR/SM) 6 Partit.
Fujitsu	89-06 89-10	MSP-EX Op.System; like MVS/XA
U.S. Memories	89-06	Consortium to manufact. DRAMs
CA-Cullinet	89-06	Comp.Assoc. To Buy Cullinet
OSF	89-06 90-07	OSF's Unix; Early ship: 12-89
IBM Maint. Pr.	89-07	+3% maint. pr. on most products
IBM DASD	89-07	IBM cancelles large-disk announce
IBM SW PRICES	89-08	+13% typical On SW For lg.sys.
AMH	89-08 89-11	Amdahl Public Demo, FCS of ESA
NAS	89-08	NAS Public Demo of ESA
IBM AIX/370	90-1Q	Ann. Date of AIX/370 Shipment (GA)
IBM Pricing	89-09	Gartner Report: IBM Revenue Bids
IBM Repository	89-09 90-06	Repository, AD/Cycle SW
NAS,HDS	89-10	NAS Becomes Hitachi Data Systems
IBM 3090J	89-10 89-10	"J & JH" Mods. +7 to 14% perf.
IBM 3090J,S	89-10 89-10	Move-Page Facility (370-ESA Arch)
IBM Group 60	89-10 90-01	New SW-Charges Group; +17% prices
DEC 9000	89-10	30 VAX MIP UP; 117 VAX MIP 4P; VP
Tandem	89-10	New Cyclone line: up to 3*VLX
AT&T; Unix	89-10 89-11	Unix V.4.0: Pricing, Availability
AMH 7300	89-11 90-01	Amdahl midrange UTS
		UP/DP processors
		UP: 0.4 to 0.45 times 5990UP
AMH 5990-790	89-11	MP (2-way)
IBM 3390	89-11 89-12	DASD: 22.7GB/box, 10.8", 4.2MB/s,
		Seek: 9.5, 12.5ms, $12.12/MB
IBM 16Mb DRAM	89-12	16Mb 50ns Experimental chip
Siemens-Nixdorf	90-01	Siemens To Buy 51% of Nixdorf
AMH 5xxx	90-01 90-3Q	Ann. Support of ESA Move Page Fac.
IBM-Siemens	90-01	Jt.Devel., 64Mbit DRAM chip
Motorola 68040	90-01 90-?	25MHz, 20MIPS,3.5MFLOPS microproc.
IBM RS/6000	90-02 90-2Q	Workstation Line, RISC, AIX(Unix)
IBM Pricing	90-03	+3% Mainframe, AS/400, -20% memory
		Memory Prices: $6.125K/MB (main)
		$2.334K/MB (expan)
AMH Pricing	90-04	+3% Mainframe, -20% memory
IBM	88-09 90-04	Ship of OSI SW; works with Netview
OSF	91---	OSF to ship OSF/1
HDS EX 33,34	90-03 90-06	UP, DP @13, 25 MIPS
AT&T; 7000	90-04	130MIPS (DP) Mini
OS/2 V2 Delayed	91---	Shipment at end of 1990 delayed
IBM 16MbitDRAM	91-2Q	Volume production
IBM Atom Write	90-04	Demo: moving atoms (to spell IBM)
1Mbit DRAM	90-04	Chip cost: $7
DB2 V2.2	90-04	Perf. gain of 7% to 20% over V2.1
Intel 80486	90-05	33MHz Version @27 MIPS
CBEMA	90-05	CBEMA limits foreign members<30%
HP Loses Case	90-04	HP antitrust case on maintenance
DEC VAX 9000	90-05 90-06	VAX 9000 ship delay by 1 month
HDS Vector Fac.	90-05 90-3Q	IBM-Compat. Vector Fac., EX models
AMH-Oracle	90-05 90-3Q	Oracle SW under UTS
HDS EX 310,420	90-06 91-2Q	Water Cooled, 45MIPS UP;150MIPS 4P
Lotus Suit	90-06	Lotus Corp. wins "look-and-feel"
		copyright suit vs Paperback SW
Hitachi H-6587	90-07 90-09	35.4GB/box DASD
Fujitsu M-1800	90-09 90-04	New techn. high-end model line;
		1.7 times old high-end; 8 way

Product or Event

Ann. FCS

Description

Bell Labs

Invention of transistor

Noyce, Kilby

Integrated circuit; patent in 1968

IBM Memory

60-?? 60-??

IBM 1 Mbit Mag.Core Memory: $1M

CDC 6600

63-08 64-09

LARGE SCIENTIFIC PROCESSOR

IBM 2701

6???? 6????

DATA ADAPTER 4 LINES, 230KB

IBM 2702

6???? 6????

DATA ADAPTER (LOW SPEED)

IBM DOS/360

6???? 6????

SCP FOR SMALL/INTERMEDIATE SYSTEMS

IBM OS/360

64-04 6????

PCP - SINGLE PARTITION SCP FOR S/360

IBM S/360-30

64-04 65-05 13

SMALL; 64K MEMORY LIMIT, MICROCODE CTL.

IBM S/360-40

64-04 65-04 12

SMALL-INTERMED.; 256K MEMORY LIMIT

IBM S/360-50

64-04 65-08 16

INTERMED.-LARGE

IBM S/360-60

64-04 N/A

Large system - never shipped

IBM S/360-62

64-04 N/A

Large system - never shipped

IBM S/360-70

64-04 N/A

Large system - never shipped

IBM S/360-90

64-04

Very large scientific S/360 - never shipped

IBM S/360-90

64-04

Very large scientific S/360 - never shipped

IBM S/360-92

64-08

Replaced 360/90 - never shipped

CDC 6800

64-12

LARGE SCIENTIFIC SYSTEM - LATER 7600

IBM OS/360

64-04

OS/360 announced with three options - PCP, MFT and MVT

IBM OS/360

64-04 65-11

PCP option - Primary Control Program - single tasking

IBM OS/360

64-04 66-11

MFT-I - first try at multiprogramming with fixed partitions

IBM OS/360

64-04 67-08

MVT - Multiprogramming with advanced memory management (OS/360 R13)

IBM 2314

65-?? 65-04

DISK: 29MB/drive, 2 drives/box, removeable media,$890/MB

IBM S/360-65

65-04 65-11 07

MAJOR LARGE S/360 CPU

IBM S/360-75

65-04 66-01 09

LARGE CPU; NO MICROCODE; NOT SUCCESSFUL

IBM S/360-91

65-07 67-10

RENAMED 360/92 WITH CORE

IBM S/360-195

65-07 68-02

RENAMED 360/92 WITH THIN FILM MEMORY

IBM S/360-44

65-08 66-07 11

INTERMED. CPU,;SCIENTIFIC;NO MICROCODE

IBM S/360-67

65-08 67-07

MOD 65+DAT; 1ST IBM VIRTUAL MEMORY

IBM PL/I LANG.

64-04 66-03

MAJOR NEW LANGUAGE (IBM)

IBM PRICE

67-?? 67???

PRICE INCREASE???

IBM TSS

65-08 67-10

32-BIT VS SCP-MOD 67; COMMERCIAL FAILURE

1Kbit/chip RAM

First commercial semiconductor memory chip
(Defective chips were epoxied into keyfobs and sold for $5 - possibly making most profit)

IBM CP/67

68+?? 68+??

MULTIPLE VIRTUAL MACHINES SCP-MOD 67

IBM S/360-25

68-01 68-10 09

Small S/360 CPU; WRITABLE CONTROL STORE
Excellent IBM 1401 emulator

IBM S/360-85

68-01 69-12 09

New top end S/360 CPU; first use of cache memory in CPU and block multiplexor channels

IBM SW UNBUNDLE

69-06 70-01 07

IBM SOFTWARE, SE SERVICES SEP. PRICED

IBM S/360-195

69-08 71-03 20

New top end S/360 CPU - only a handfull sold

IBM 3330-1

70-06 71-08 14

DISK: 200MB/BOX, $392/MB

IBM S/370 ARCH.

70-06 71-02 08

Minor extensions to S/360 architecture

IBM S/370-155

70-06 71-01 08

Large S/370

IBM S/370-165

70-06 71-04 10

Very large S/370

IBM S/370-145

70-09 71-08 11

MEDIUM S/370 - BIPOLAR MEMORY - VS READY

AMH=AMDAHL

70-10

AMDAHL CORP. STARTS BUSINESS

IBM S/370-135

71-03 72-05 14

INTERMED. S/370 CPU

IBM S/360-22

71-04 71-07 03

Small CPU - not really a /360

IBM LEASE

71-05 71 06 01

FixTERM PLAN;AVE. -16% FOR 1,2 YR LEASE

IBM PRICE

71-06 73-05

+5% ON SOME CPUS;1.5% WTD AVE. ALL CPU

IBM S/370-195

71-06 73-05

S/370 version of 360/195, FEW SOLD

Intel, Hoff

Invention of microprocessor

IBM MVS-JES3

72+?? 75-10

LOOSE-COUPLED MP (ASP-LIKE)

IBM VSAM

72+?? 7?-??

NEW RANDOM ACCESS METHOD

IBM VM ASSIST

72+?? 7?-??

MICROCODE ASSIST FOR VM/370

IBM 3705

72-03 72-06

COMMS CNTLR: 352 LINES; 56KB/SEC

IBM S/370 VS

72-08 73-08 12

Virtual storage architecture for S/370
"Today IBM announces tomorrow"
370/135 and 370/145 reannounce as VS-ready - hardware already present. 370/155 and 370/165 obsoleted unless retrofitted with DAT box for $200k - users persuaded to purchase installed rented machines in preceding weeks enraged

IBM 135-3

72-08 73-08 12

INTERMED. S/370 CPU

IBM 145-3

72-08 73-08 12

INTERMED. S/370 CPU

IBM 158

72-08 73-04 08

Large S/370, virtual memory - replaces 370/155
ISC (integrated 3830 controller) very popular

IBM 168

72-08 73-08 12

Large S/370, virtual memory - replaces 370/165

IBM OS/VS1

72-08 73-??

VIRTUAL STORAGE VERSION OF OS/MFT
Sophisticated integrated SPOOLing and communications subsystems

IBM OS/VS2(SVS)

72-08 72+??

VIRTUAL STORAGE VERSION OF OS/MVT
HASP now integrated as JES2

IBM OS/VS2(MVS)

72-08 74-08

MULTIPLE VIRTUAL ADDRESS SPACES

IBM VM/370

72-08 72+??

MULTIPLE VIRTUAL MACHINES (LIKE CP/67)

IBM 125

72-10 73-04 06

SMALL S/370 CPU

Intel DRAM

4Kbit DRAM Chip

IBM SNA

73-?? 73+??

SYSTEM NETWORK ARCHITECTURE

IBM 3704

73-02 73-05 03

PROGR.COMM.CONTROLLER:32 LINES; 50KB/SEC

IBM VTAM

73-02 73+??

VIRTUAL TELECOM. ACCESS METHOD

IBM 3420 TAPE

73-02 74-02 12

6250 BPI, GCR HI Density Tape

IBM 115

73-03 74-03 12

SMALL S/370

IBM 158MP

73-03 73+??

MULTIPROCESSOR OF MOD 158

IBM 168MP

73-03 73+??

MULTIPROCESSOR OF MOD 168

IBM PRICE

73-06 73-06 00

-4% RENT ON S/360 MODELS

IBM PRICE

73-11 74-02 03

+2% ACROSS THE BOARD

IBM 3330-11

73-?? 73+??

DISK: 400MB/BOX; $279/MB

IBM 3340

73-?? 73+??

DISK: 70MB/DRIVE, $274/MB
Removeable media/heads assembly in sealed cartridge often referred to as "Starship Enterprise"

IBM SNA/ACF/NCP

74-?? 74+??

MULTIHOSTS;FUNCTIONS IN 370X OFFLOADS 370

IBM PRICE

74-09 74-??

+6% TO 8% ACROSS THE BOARD S/370

IBM SNA

74-09 74-++ --

SYSTEM NETWORK ARCHITECTURE ANNOUNCED

IBM 3850

74-10 74+??

MASS STORAGE SYSTEM WITH SPECIAL TAPES

Mostek DRAM

16Kbit DRAM Chip

IBM 158-3

75-03 76-09 18

IMPROVED MOD 158

IBM 158-3MP

75-03 76+??

MULTIPROCESSOR OF MOD 158-3

IBM 168-3

75-03 76-06 15

IMPROVED MOD 168

IBM 168-3 MP

75-03 76+??

MULTIPROCESSOR OF MOD 168-3

AMH V/6

75-04?75-06 02

FIRST AMDAHL MACHINE, FIRST PCM CPU

IBM 3350

75-07 76-03 08

DISK:635MB/BOX $112/MB, FIXED MEDIA

IBM PRICE

75-09 75-??

+4% PRICE/RENT, +8% MAINTENANCE

IBM 3705-II

75-11 76-??

BETTER PRICE/PERF. VERSION OF 3705

IBM 115-2

75-11 76-04 05

SMALL S/370

IBM 125-2

75-11 76-02 03

SMALL S/370

IBM 168-3 AP

76-02 76+??

MP with channels on one side only

IBM PRICE

76-05 76-05 00

-35% MEM.PRICES:158,168 (TO $170K/MB)

IBM 138

76-06 76-11 05

INTERMED. S/370, VIRTUAL MEMORY

IBM 148

76-06 77-01 07

INTERMED. S/370, VIRTUAL MEMORY

IBM PRICE

76-08 76-08 00

168 MAINT. DECR. BY $60/MO.

IBM 158-3 AP

76-10 76+??

MP with channels on one side only

IBM SNA/ACF,NCP

76-11 76+??

MULTI-HOST+ OTHER SNA ENHANCEMENTS

AMH V6-2

76-10 77-09 11

(1.05-1.15)*V6 WITH 32K BUFFER

IBM 3033

77-03 78-03 12

New top end S/370 with EF instructions

IBM MVS/SE

77-03 78-03 12

MVS Add-on using EF instructions
FIRST MVS PROGRAM PRODUCT

IBM VM

77-03 78-03 12

FIRST VM PROGRAM PRODUCT

IBM PRICEs

77-03 77-03 00

-30% MOD 158, 168 MEM.(TO $110K/MB)

AMH V7

77-03 78-09 18

AMDAHL RESP. TO 3033 (1.5-1.7)* V6

AMH V5

77-03 77-09 06

(.65-.75)*V6 (degraded version, field upgrade)

IBM PRICE

77-04 77-04 00

-20% MOD 135,145 MEMORY

IBM 3031

77-10 78-03 05

370/158 replacement, S/370+EF instructions
Recycled 370/158 hardware

IBM 3032

77-10 78-03 05

370/168 replacement, S/370+EF instructions
Recycled 370/158 hardware in IOPs

IBM 3033 MP

78-03 79-09 18

Full multiprocessor version of 3033
Hardware partitionable into two 3033s

IBM 138,148

78-03 78-03 00

-18% PRICE CUT (PURCHASE ONLY)

AMH PLANT

78-05

AMDAHL OPENS DUBLIN, IRELAND PLANT

IBM PRICE

78-06 78-06 00

-10% 145,155, 165 MAINTENANCE

AMH SEA

78-06 78-10 04

COMPAT. SW (EQUIV. TO IBM MVS/EF)

IBM 3031 AP

78-09 79-09 12

Attached processor version of 3031

IBM 8100

78-10 79-09 11

Small system for distributed processing

AMH V8

78-10 79-09 11

(1.80-2.00)*V6, field upgrade from V7

AMH VM/PE

78-11 79-02 03

Software performane enhancement for VM/370

IBM PRICE

78-12 79-12 00

-30% MEMORY (TO $75K/MB)

IBM 3031MP

78??? 79???

MULTIPROCESSOR OF 3031

IBM 3033AP

79-01 80-02 13

ATTACHED PROCESSOR OF 3033 (3042)

IBM UNBUN.SW M.

79-01 80-01 12

-7 TO -44% SW PRICES;SW MAINT.SEPARATE

IBM SW

79-01 80-01 12

FREE CENTRAL, CHARGED LOCAL SW MAINT.

IBM 4300

79-01

NEW MED. SYSTEMS,$350K/MIPS,704 GATE/CHIP

IBM 4300 ARCH.

79-01 79-06 06

NEW 1 ADDR. SPACE VIRT.STORE,CHAN.DAT

IBM FX BL ARCH.

79-01 79-12 11

NEW DASD ARCH. FOR 4300, 512BYTE BLOCKS

IBM 4331

79-01 79-06 05

INTERM. S/370+DOS/ECPS INSTR'S

IBM 4341

79-01 79-11 11

INTERM. S/370+DOS/ECPS INSTR'S. Dramatic price/performance responsible for demise of ITEL by destroying market value expectations of 370/158s on lease.

IBM 3370

79-01 79-12 11

571MB/DRIVENON-REM.,$45/MB,Fx BL.

IBM LEASE CRED.

79-03 79-??

20% CREDIT IF CONVERTED TO LEASE ?????

IBM MVS/SE2

79-03 79-08 05

IMPR. VERSION MVS/SE;NO NEW INSTR.

IBM PRICE

79-05 79-05 00

-20%PURCH,-15%LEASE ON SEL. PERIPH

IBM PRICE

79-06 79-09 03

+5% LEASE,+15%MAINT.

IBM SNA/ADN

79-06 79-??

ADV.DATA.NETW.:FLEX.LINKS, PATHS

BANK LOANS

79-07 ----- --

$1.5B CREDIT FROM BANKS

IBM 3704,3705

79-08 79-08 00

-30% PRICE CUT:LINE-SETS, COMM. SCANNER

AMH V7A

79-08 79-09 01

(1.25-1.45)*V6, FIELD UPGR.(V7-V8)

IBM BOND OFFER

79-09 79-10 --

$500M DUE 1986, $500M DUE 2004, 9.5%

AMH ACCELL.

79-10 79-12 02

+20% PERF. OF V7A,V7B on demand

IBM 3033

79-11 79-11 00

-15% PURCHASE PRICE CUT

IBM 3031,3032

79-11 79-11 00

-20% PURCHASE PRICE CUT

IBM S/370,303X

79-11 79-11 00

-33% MEM. PURCH.PRICE (TO $50K/MB)

IBM 3033N

79-11 80-01 04

DEGRADED 3033, 3.9MIPS

AMH V7B

79-11 80-03 04

(.9-1.1)*V6, FIELD UPGRADABLE (V7-V8)

AMH Tran

80-03

Amdahl Acquires Tran

IBM 3033AP

80-06 80-08 02

3033 ATTACHED PROCESSOR

IBM Data Str.

80-06 81-10 16

3MB/s Data Streaming channels, I/O I/F

IBM 3380

80-06 81-10 16

DISK:2.5GB/BOX;$35/MB;3MB/S

IBM 3375

80-06 81-3Q 15

DISK: 819MB/BOX (1.86MB/S), $45/MB

IBM 3033

80-06 81-10 16

Ext. Addr.=32MB REAL ADDR.;MP ONLY

IBM D.Addr.Sp.

80-06 81-06 12

Dual Address Space for 3033

IBM MVS/SP R1

80-06 80-12 06

UNBUNDLED MVS, SUPPORT 3380,3375

IBM MVS/SP R2

80-06 81-06 12

R1 + CROSS MEMORY SRVC'S,GLOBAL ENQ/DEQ

IBM 3033XF

80-06 81-06 12

OPTIONAL HW/FW PERF. ENHANCE FOR MVS/SP

AMH

80-07

AMDAHL ACQUIRES TRAN TEL. CORP.

IBM PRICE

80-07 81-04 09

+5% LEASE/RENT PRICE INCREASE 303X/370/4300

IBM S/3X

80-07 81-04 09

+7% LEASE/RENT ON SMALL SYSTEMS

AMH Data Str.

80-08 81-3Q 13

3MB/s Data Streaming channels, I/O I/F

NAS Data Str.

80-?? 82-05

3MB/s Data Streaming channels, I/O I/F

AMH UTS

80-09 81-05

UTS=Amdahl Unix Op. System (under VM)

IBM 4341G2

80-09 81-2Q 09

UP TO 1.8* PERF. OF 4341(1.3 MIPS)

NAS 9000

80-09 80-11 02

HITACHI-MADE UP, PERF: 2*3033

AMH 4705 FEP

80-10 80-11 01

COMM.PROCESSOR,3705 COMPAT.(1.8*IBM 3705)

IBM 3081D

80-11 81-4Q 12

FIRST H MODEL, 10MIPS IN DP, WATER COOLED

IBM MEM PRICE

80-11 81-4Q 12

$25K PER MBYTE (3081)

IBM MEM PRICE

80-11 80-11 --

$37K PER MBYTE (303X)

IBM MVS/SP R3

80-11 81-10 11

SP R2+ >16MB SUPPORT, 3081 SUPPORT

IBM 3033 24MB

80-11 81-11 12

24MB REAL MEM. FOR 3033UP, AP

IBM 3033S

80-11 81-01 02

2.2MIPS, DEGRADED 3033 (ENTRY 3033 MODEL)
512 byte (1/4 KB) high speed buffer - smaller than a 3270

IBM 3033N UPGR.

80-11 80-11 00

9%-14% PERF. IMPROVE, NO CHARGE

IBM PRICE

80-11 80-11 00

-15%--18% on 303x PURCH., -5--15% MAINT.

IBM PRICE

80-11 80-11 00

UP TO -30% ON SW MAINTENANCE

AMH 580/5860

80-11 82-09 22

(2*V8, 12+ MIPS) UP, NEW,AIR COOLED TECH.

AMH 580/5880

80-11 85-05 54

MP OF 5860 AT 21+ MIPS

AMH 470 V7C

80-11 81-3Q 10

2.3MIPS DEGRADED V7 (ENTRY V7 MODEL)

AMH PRICE

80-11 80-11 00

-17% on 470

IBM PRICE

80-12 81-04 03

+4-6% 303x LEASE ONLY;+7%LEASE,+5% PURCH.

AMH D.Addr.Sp.

81-01 81-1Q 05

Amdahl Dual Address Space

NAS D.Addr.Sp.

81-01 81-08 07

NAS Dual Address Space

AMH UTS

81-05

UTS = FIRST S/370 UNIX (UNDER VM)

IBM IPO

81-06

IBM SIPOs AVAIL. TO PCM MACHINES

IBM PRICE

81-06

+7% 303x LEASE,15% PP, +5% 43xx PURCH,LSE

IBM X.25,21

81-07

IBM SUPPORTS X.25, X.21 UNDER SNA

IBM 3081K

81-10 82-2Q 08

NEW DP FUM: 1.35*3081D, 64K BUFFER/OVLAP

IBM 370-XA

81-10 83-03 17

NEW ARCH 3081: 31 BIT REAL/VIRT, NEW I/O

IBM SIE

81-10 82-2Q 08

New Instruction for VM

IBM SIE Assist

81-10 82-2Q 08

Assist for SIE

AMH 370-XA

81-10

INTENTION TO SUPPORT 370-XA ON 580, 470

IBM 3880-11

81-10 82-04 06

DISK CACHE, 8MB FOR PAGING/SWAPPING, 3350

IBM 3880-13

81-10 82-09 11

DISK CACHE 8MB FOR FILE ACCESS

IBM MVS/SP V2

81-10 83-03 17

NEW MVS (A PP) SUPPORTING 370-XA

VM/XA Migr. Aid

81-10 83-12 26

SW to allow MVS/XA debug under VM on 3081

IBM 3033 PRICE

81-10

10% IN US, 12-20% EUROPE PURCH. ONLY

IBM 3033S PERF.

81-10 82-06 08

NO-CHARGE PERF. BOOST BY 8%-10%

AMH 580/5870

81-10 84-05

1.7*5860, 2 Tight Coupled CPUs,1 Chan.Set

LEGAL

82-1

US DROPS ANTITRUST SUIT AGAINST IBM

LEGAL

82-1

US SETTLES AT&T; ANTITRUST CASE

STC 8890

82-1

STC's Sybercache Disk Cache

IBM 3033

82-03

16% PUR.PRICE CUT, -14%Mem.Price($31K/MB)

IBM 3033

82-03

3033 Placed on LIMITED-NEW PRODUCTION

IBM 3083E

82-03 83-1Q 12

3.8MIPS "H" UP

IBM 3083B

82-03 83-1Q 12

5.5MIPS "H" UP(8MB or 8 Ch FCS 2Q84)

IBM 3083J

82-03 1A-1Q 12

7.2MIPS "H" UP " " " " "

NAS 9060, 9080

82-05

NAS ANNOUNCES 9060 UP, 9080 DP

NAS 370-XA

82-05

NAS ANNOUNCES OPTIONAL 370-XA FOR 90XA

NAS 9060

82-05 82-08

NAS SHIPS AS/9060 (W.O. XA)

IBM PRICE

82-09

-8% Purchase, 308X

IBM 3081G

82-09 83-09 12

"Slightly higher Perf. than 3081D"

IBM 3084

82-09 83-4Q 15

1.9*3081K Perf., 4 way MP, 3081K upgrade

AMH 480/5850

82-09 83-2Q 10

0.75*5860 UP

AMH 6000 DISK

82-09 82-10 1

6280 1.2GB DISK, 6880 CU

IBM 4341-12

82-10

1.07-1.15*4341G2(=1.5MIPS)

IBM PRICE

82-10

-19% Purchase on 4300 Processors

IBM SW LIC.

83-02

New IBM SW License Agreement: Source Code

IBM PRICE INCR

83-02

+18% Lease, Rental; Maint. +8% to -20%

IBM 3725

83-03

New FEP, 2*Perf. of IBM 3705

AMH 4705E

83-04 83-2Q

Improved 4705 FEP

MVS/XA,370-XA

81-10 83-03 17

XA HW, SW Shipped (on time)

IBM PRICE

83-05

Europe Only: -18% for 3083, -10% for 3081

IBM PRICE

83-05

-20% 308x Memory (to $20K/MB),-12% Maint.

-23% 3350 DASD Purch.

NAS AS/8000

83-05 83-3Q

5 to 8MIPS,Hitachi-made;compete with 3083

AMH 370-XA

83-06 84-06 12

FCS: 370-XA FOR 580 SERIES(STANDARD)

AMH 5840

83-06

DEGRADED 5860 UNIPROCESSOR

3084 "MERGE"

83-07 84-1Q?

RPQ's To merge 2 3081K's==>3084 $400K

"DEMERGE"

83-07 85-2Q

" " move demerge/move 3084 ($200K)

IBM PRICE

83-09

-10% to -14% on 308X Purch. prices

IBM 4361

83-09 84-1Q 06

2 models,(2to4*4331-2)upgrad. from 4331-2

IBM 4381

83-09 84-1Q

2 air-cooled models,(G2 is 2.4to3*4341G2)

STC

84-01

Storage Technology Corp. exits CPU Devel.

IBM

84-02 84-02

+5% to +14% Perf. new 308XX models
+7% Lease/rent; (to +10%)maintenance, SW
Third release of MVS/XA

AMH

84-03 84-05

6380 Large 3380-comp. DASD (2.5GB/unit)

First Installed at Florida P&L;

AMH 580/5867

84-03 84-09

1.7*5850, 2 Tight Coupled CPUs,1 Chan.Set

ATT

84-03

ATT enters Mini/micro mkt with 6 models

NAS

82-05 03-84

FCS 370-XA FOR AS/90X0

NAS

84-04

NAS Announces 8000 models: 2.6 to 13 MIPS

IBM

84-04 85-03 11

3480 18 Track Cassette Tape(38KBytes/in)

IBM

84-05

+6% Perf. on non-X 308X models (NC)

Trilogy

84-06

Trilogy abandons mainframe development

ICL

84-07

ICL Stops Marketing Fujitsu mainframes

AMH

84-06

Amdahl Ships 580UP XA (standard on 580's)

Trilogy

84-08

Trilogy abandons wafer scale integration

EEC-IBM

84-08

IBM gives "Undertaking" to EU about interface disclosure

NAS 9061

84-08

NAS Announces Array Proc. option ($300K)

IBM PRICE DECR

84-08 84-09

-12% to -16% Purch. 308XX, -10% 3380/3880

-4% to -11% 308X/X model-upgrade prices

-18% Memory Price (to $16.25K/MB)

+15% 3380/3880 Lease Price

IBM Buys Rolm

84-09

IBM Announces Buy of Rolm Corp.(PBX Mfg)

AMH Supercomp.

84-09

Amdahl Announces Models 1100/1200 VP's
Fujitsu supercomputers @267/533 MFLOPS
IBM S/370 compatible (SW, Peripherals)
Very few sold

AMH XA On DP

84-09

Amdahl Ships XA on 5870 DP

CDC PCM DASD

84-09

CDC ends production of its 33800 PCM DASD

STC Losses

84-3Q

STC Loses >$20M 3Q84, lays-off 1500 (10%)

STC Bankrupt

84-10

STC files for Chapter 11

IBM 3083CX

84-10 85-2Q 08

3MIPS=0.75*EX Model, smallest 308X

IBM 4381G3

84-10 85-2Q 08

4381 DP Model, 4.6MIPS=1.7*4381G2

$10K/MByte, 256Kbit chips

AMH DASD

84-11

-48% to-52% Prices for 6880 cache

-20% to -25% Maint. on 6880 CU's

AMH MDF

84-12

MULTIPLE DOMAIN FACILITY

NAS

12-84

FCS 370-XA FOR AS/80X3

AMH 4705T

85-1

Improved FEP

IBM 3380E

85-2 85-12 10

Double capacity drive (more tracks)

$26.10/MByte. Upgradable from 3380D

at $18.38/MB. -10% maintenance.

IBM 3380D

85-2 85-3 01

Same capacity as 3380 ($33.97/MB)
Upgradable to 3380E.

IBM 3090-200

85-2 85-11 09

"Sierra" DP, ECL/TCM technology, 18.5ns
ECL/TCM Circuits, 288Kb RAM chips
1.7 to 1.9 times 3081KX (commercial)
(Estimated at about 28MIPS)
1.9 to 2.9 times 3081KX (scientific)
Price: $5.15M (64MB, 40ch) $184K/MIPS
$5.62 With 64M ES $200K/MIPS

IBM Exp. Store

85-2 85-11

Page addressable (64,128MB) at $6.5K/MB

IBM 3090-400

85-2 87-2Q 29

"Sierra" 4-way MP, Basically 2 Mod 200
1.7 to 1.9 times 3090/200
Price: $10.54M (128MB, 80Ch, 128MB ES)

IBM PRICE

85-2

-5% on 308X mainframes

IBM PRICE

85-2

+7% on Program Products, rent/lease

+5% to 10% Maint. Midrange systems

+10%, 8% Maint. Calls, Engr. Services

AMH

85-2

-6% to -12% On 580 Purch. Prices

-23% on main memory

AMH 6380M4

85-2 85-3

-20% Price, same capacity as 6380

NAS AS-XL-60

85-03 86-2Q

UP @ 27MIPS, or 2.5*AS/9060; 2000g/chip

-80

85-03 86-2Q

DP @ 50 MIPS.

NAS AS 7380E

85-03 86-2Q

Double Capacity DASD

IBM PR. DECR.

85-06

-6% on 308x, 4300 mainframes

AMH 5880MP

80-11 85-05

FCS of MP model of 580

IBM 3090-400

85-10 86-4Q

Revised date of 3090-400 FCS

IBM Vector Fac.

85-10 86-02

Vector facility; 108MFL peak, $300,000

AMH 5890-300

85-10 86-2Q

DP 1.7 to 1.9 * 5870

AMH 5890-200

85-10 87-1Q

DP 0.75*5890-300

AMH 5890-600

85-10 87-4Q

4-way, 1.7 to 1.9 * 5890-300

AMH 6380E

85-12 86-4Q

Double capacity (more tracks)

Competitor to IBM 3380E; upgradable

from AMD 6380 (certain serial nos)

AMH UTS/580

86-01 86-2Q

UTS "native" (w.o. VM)

IBM PR. Decr.

86-02

-10% 3090-200, -8.6% 3090-400,

-21% (up-to- 308XX)

IBM 3090-150

86-02 86-10

About 10 MIPS, UP

IBM 3090-180

86-02 86-04

15 MIPS, UP

IBM 4381-11-14

86-02 86-04

4 New 4381 Models: 1.3 to 6.5MIPS

AMH 6680 EDAS

86-04 86-06

64 to 256MB electronic disk

AMH 5890-300

86-08 86-08

PERF. MEASURES 10% HIGHER

AMH 4.5MB/s

86-09 87-2Q

4.5MB/s channel for AMD 6680 EDAS

IBM PRICE

86-10

3090 prices adjusted by country

+3% to 6% in UK

+5% in Norway

-7% to -9% in Switzerland

-3% to -6% in Germany, Belg.,Neth.

IBM 9370

86-10 87-3Q

4 Models of new midrange S/370 CPU's

0.5 to 2.5 MIPS

IBM SW PRICING

86-10

Graduated pricing on 90 program products

One-time prices only; 4 CPU price levels

VM included, but NOT MVS

IBM LDS

86-10

"Linear Data Sets" for VSAM; allows

file-space-memory space xfer without I/O

TSAF

86-10

Method of Loose-Coupling VM systems

IBM 3090E

87-01 87-2Q

"E" models of 3090

(150E, 180E, 200E,300E,400E, 600E)

Performance:+5% to +15% vs non-E

New: 300E @1.6*200;600E @1.5*400

3090-300 has 3P, 600 has 6P

AMH 5890-190

87-1 03-87

UP, about 0.52*5890-300DP

AMH 5890-400E

87-02 4Q-87

3-way, @1.4*5890-300

NAS Vector Fac.

87-02

NAS sells 1st XL vector facility

IBM SAA

87-03

IBM System Application Arch.

Common program, user I/F's PC-3090

IBM PS/2

87-04 4Q87

New PC line incl. 32-bit 80386

IBM 3090-120E

87-05 10-87

Degraded UP @ .75*3090-150E

IBM 4381-2X

87-05 1Q-88

1.3*4381-1X models

IBM SW PRICING

87-05

MVS Grad.SW prices(4 proc.groups)

NAS XL/40,50

87-05 3Q-87

Europe only: 2 UP's, up to 9 MIPS

IBM VM/XA SP

87-06 88-03

31 bit VM and CMS

AMH 5890-180E

87-06

5890 Uniprocessor (Degrade)

IBM VM/XA MPG

87-06 ?????

Multiple Preferred Guests (4 max)

IBM Price Cut

87-07 87-07

-2.6% 3090-300, -5.5% 3090-600

IBM Price Cut

87-08 87-07

-8.7% to -19.8% 3090 upgrade prices

NAS VL/40-80

87-07 3Q87

4 models from 5 to 18 MIPS

AMH 5890-180E

87-06 09-87

UP, about 0.82*5890-190E

IBM 3380J,K

87-09 3Q-87

3380K: 7.5BG/BOX DASD; $17/MBYTE

IBM 3990

87-09 88-3Q

DASD CU WITH DUAL WRITE, DIRECT WRITE

IBM 4.5MB/S

87-09 87-10

4.5MB/S DATA TRANSFER:3090 TO 3880/3990

AMH 4725

87-09 87-09

FEP, 20% TO 80% MORE POWER THAN 4705

NAS 7380DASD

87-10

7.5GB/BOX DASD

AMH"ASPEN"

87-11

AMDAHL SHELVES ASPEN PROJECT

NEC 1MB/CHIP

87-11 88-01

NEC PRODUCTION OF 80NS, 1MB DRAM

ADAPSO VS IBM

87-12

ADAPSO COMPLAINS ABOUT IBM OCO TO EEC

IBM 3745

88-01 88-09

COMMUNICATIONS PROCESSOR (FEP)

CRAY Y-MP-832

88-02 88-3Q

SUPERCOMPUTER 30*CRAY-1; $20M

IBM ESA/370

88-02 88-08

"ENTERPRISE SYS.ARCH";3090/4381

ACCESS TO MULTIPLE ADDRESS SPACES

IBM MVS/ESA

88-02 88-07

MVS/SP V3, USES ESA/370 ARCH.

INCL. MVS/DFP V3; DFSMS AUTO.STORE.MGMT

AMH ESA/370

88-02

Amdahl will support MVS/ESA

IBM 3090-280E

88-02 88-2Q

2-Way 180E MP Partitionable

IBM 3090-500E

88-02 88-3Q

5-WAY 3090 (2WAY+3WAY) MP

IBM PR/SM

88-02 88-08

IBM VERSION OF MDF; 4 PARTITIONS

IBM PRICE CUT

88-02

-8% TO -22% EXPANDED STORAGE

IBM PRICE INCR

88-02

+7% MONTHLY LEASE, RENT, SVCS

IBM AIX/370

88-03 89-03

IBM Mainframe Unix; also for PC, RT

IBM AIX

88-04

IBM AIX FAMILY

AMH 5990-700

88-05 88-06

2P CPU, (1.5-2)*5890-300E

TECHNOLOGY: 3,000-10,000 GATE, 180PS

AMH 5990-1400

88-05 88-4Q

4P CPU, (1.5-2)*5890-600E

AMH 5890-300E

88-05

2-way MP

OSF Founded

88-05

Open SW Found.

Unix Devel: IBM,HP,DEC,...

AMH 6100

88-05 88-4Q

DASD CU, 512MB CACHE

AMH 6380J

88-05 89-1Q

DASD 2.5GB, 12MS ACCESS

AMH 6380K

88-05 89-1Q

DASD 7.5GB, 16MS ACCESS, $12.60/MB

AMH 4745

88-05 88-06

FEP, UP TO 4MB MEM., 256 LINES

IBM AS/400

88-06 88-08

NEW LINE OF MIDRANGE, NON-S/370 CPUS

88-11

OS/400, SQL/400, AS/400-PC SUPPORT

NAS Optical Ch.

88-06 1Q-89

Fiber Optic I/O/I/F, 6MB/s, 1km CPU-CU

IBM 9370 SW Pr.

88-06

-25% Price cut OTC Group 10

IBM 3090"S"Mods

88-07 3Q/4Q-88

+25% perform., +9% price for S

IBM 3044

88-07

MOD C02, D02 Fiber Optic Extender

IBM Price Incr

88-07

+5% prices, NOT including 3090 HW

AMH PRICE

88-09

-10% to -14% 5890/5990; +5% Maint.

-12% to -17% Upgrades

IBM Gr.Mon SW

88-07

Graduated Monthly SW Prices

IBM 9370

88-09 88-09

New Models, -23% prices on old models

NAS AS/EX

88-09 89-1Q

(1.15-1.25)*perf. of XL Models, priced

VL(10-40) models renamed EX(10-40)

AMH ESA

88-09 89-4Q

Amdahl ESA on 5890/5990

IBM Netview R3

88-09

IBM Netview Rel. 3

IBM SAA-OSI

88-09

OSI Protocols included in SAA

IBM TCP/IP

88-09

Release 1 of TCP/IP for MVS

IBM 3090-250S

88-10 89-2Q

2-way 150S, MP partitionable

IBM DB2+

88-10 89-3Q

DB2 with some distributed features

IBM PR/SM+

88-10 88-4Q

PR/SM with up to 6 partitions

IBM CICS

88-10

CICS Statement of Direction

IBM IMS/ESA

88-10 90-03

IMS using ESA

IBM CICS OS/2

88-11

Version 1.1 of IBM CICS OS/2

IBM Token Ring

88-11

Speed to 16Mbits/s; enhancements

IBM-FJ

88-11

Fujitsu-IBM Arb.: Money, access

ANDOR Corp.

88-11 89-??

Andor: Ann. 10MIPS S/370 in 1989

Toshiba

88-11

Samples of 4Mbit DRAM chips

IBM-EEC

88-12

IBM Undertaking Extended Indef.

UI Founded

88-12

Unix Int'l to advise AT&T; on Unix

Fujitsu

88-12 90-04

VP2000 Supercomp.; 4GFlops Max

Fujitsu

88-12

Cells for 64Mbit DRAM chips

Telecom

88-12

Cross-Atl. Fiber Cable: 560Mb/s

Fujitsu-Amdahl

89-01

Fujitsu to sell Amdahl CPUs

NAS Sold

89-02

Nat.Semi sells NAS To Hitachi,EDS

AMH Buys Key

89-02

Amdahl Acquires Key Computer Co.

IBM 3090-100S

89-02 89-04

5.2MIIPS UP, smallest 3090,

IBM 4381 PRICE

89-02

-15% Pr. Cut Memory, -14% 91E,92E

IBM PRICE

89-02

-9% Main Store, -11%-17% Ex.Store

-13% 3990 CU Cache Mem.

AMH UTS 2./0

89-02 89-3Q

MP, 1GB virtual, Streams,...

IBM AIX/370

89-02

Delay in FCS; Date of Date: July

Intel, NEC

89-02

Judgement in Intel-NEC micr. case

IBM

89-02 89-4Q

AIX/370 delay to within 1989

AMH

89-02 89-3Q

Amdahl UTS Rel 2.0 (Native S/370)

Intel

89-03 89-03

i860 Risc Micro, 33-40MH

IBM PRICE

89-03

+5% All U.S. Prices except Maint,

IBM

89-03

IBM 3090S Chip problems

Sorbus

89-03

Sorbus plans service of 3090 CPUs

AMH

89-03

+5% Price Incr. on 5890, 5990

price cut on memory, exp. store

+2% to +10% on 4745, 6100

AMH NPS/2700

89-04

Netw.Proc.Ser./2700(SNA,X.25,T1)

AMH 5990

89-04 89-04

5990-350(UP)

AMH 5990

89-04 89-05

5990-500(2P), 5990-1100(3P)

IBM 3090-380S

89-04 89-11

3090-380S: 3-way, partionable

EMC Add Memory

89-04

Add Memory for 3090: $290K/64MB

NEC

89-04 06-90

SX-8 5.5 to 22GFlops Supercomp.

AT&T;

89-04

AT&T; Ships first Unix Sys V R4

IBM

89-04

IBM Ships AIX for PS/2

IBM 7437

89-04 89

IBM 7437 S/370 Workst. 0.7MIPS

CDLA-IBM

89-04

CDLA Antitrust Complaint vs IBM

Telecom

89-04

Pacific Ocean Fiber Cable

Teradata

89-05 89-4Q

Optical Disk Store: 100-2000GByte

Hitachi

89-04 89-3Q

DK816: 8.8 inch, 2GByte DASD

Cray

89-05

Cray Splits; S. Cray to Cray Comp.

89-05

Comp.Assoc.: First SW Co. >$1B

Mitsubishi

89-05

Cells for 64MBit DRAM chips

IBM SCSE

89-06

Supercomputer Extensions (SCSE):

1) Clustered Fortran SW (12 way)

2) H.S. Channel: 800Mbits/s

3) File Striping (SW)

IBM-Fujitsu

89-06

Secure Facility For SW Opens

Xerox

89-06

Xerox wants licenses for graphics

CDC-Cray

89-06

CDC to remarket Cray systems

IBM

89-06

Experimental 22ns 1Mbit DRAM chip

AMH

89-06 89-09

Amdahl ESA for 5890 (earlier)

AMH 6110

89-06 89-4Q

Up to 1 Gbyte Electronic DASD

Hitachi DS

89-06 ?????

MLPF (like MDF, PR/SM) 6 Partit.

Fujitsu

89-06 89-10

MSP-EX Op.System; like MVS/XA

U.S. Memories

89-06

Consortium to manufact. DRAMs

CA-Cullinet

89-06

Comp.Assoc. To Buy Cullinet

OSF

89-06 90-07

OSF's Unix; Early ship: 12-89

IBM Maint. Pr.

89-07

+3% maint. pr. on most products

IBM DASD

89-07

IBM cancelles large-disk announce

IBM SW PRICES

89-08

+13% typical On SW For lg.sys.

AMH

89-08 89-11

Amdahl Public Demo, FCS of ESA

NAS

89-08

NAS Public Demo of ESA

IBM AIX/370

90-1Q

Ann. Date of AIX/370 Shipment (GA)

IBM Pricing

89-09

Gartner Report: IBM Revenue Bids

IBM Repository

89-09 90-06

Repository, AD/Cycle SW

NAS,HDS

89-10

NAS Becomes Hitachi Data Systems

IBM 3090J

89-10 89-10

"J & JH" Mods. +7 to 14% perf.

IBM 3090J,S

89-10 89-10

Move-Page Facility (370-ESA Arch)

IBM Group 60

89-10 90-01

New SW-Charges Group; +17% prices

DEC 9000

89-10

30 VAX MIP UP; 117 VAX MIP 4P; VP

Tandem

89-10

New Cyclone line: up to 3*VLX

AT&T; Unix

89-10 89-11

Unix V.4.0: Pricing, Availability

AMH 7300

89-11 90-01

Amdahl midrange UTS

UP/DP processors

UP: 0.4 to 0.45 times 5990UP

AMH 5990-790

89-11

MP (2-way)

IBM 3390

89-11 89-12

DASD: 22.7GB/box, 10.8", 4.2MB/s,

Seek: 9.5, 12.5ms, $12.12/MB

IBM 16Mb DRAM

89-12

16Mb 50ns Experimental chip

Siemens-Nixdorf

90-01

Siemens To Buy 51% of Nixdorf

AMH 5xxx

90-01 90-3Q

Ann. Support of ESA Move Page Fac.

IBM-Siemens

90-01

Jt.Devel., 64Mbit DRAM chip

Motorola 68040

90-01 90-?

25MHz, 20MIPS,3.5MFLOPS microproc.

IBM RS/6000

90-02 90-2Q

Workstation Line, RISC, AIX(Unix)

IBM Pricing

90-03

+3% Mainframe, AS/400, -20% memory

Memory Prices: $6.125K/MB (main)

$2.334K/MB (expan)

AMH Pricing

90-04

+3% Mainframe, -20% memory

IBM

88-09 90-04

Ship of OSI SW; works with Netview

OSF

91---

OSF to ship OSF/1

HDS EX 33,34

90-03 90-06

UP, DP @13, 25 MIPS

AT&T; 7000

90-04

130MIPS (DP) Mini

OS/2 V2 Delayed

91---

Shipment at end of 1990 delayed

IBM 16MbitDRAM

91-2Q

Volume production

IBM Atom Write

90-04

Demo: moving atoms (to spell IBM)

1Mbit DRAM

90-04

Chip cost: $7

DB2 V2.2

90-04

Perf. gain of 7% to 20% over V2.1

Intel 80486

90-05

33MHz Version @27 MIPS

CBEMA

90-05

CBEMA limits foreign members<30%

HP Loses Case

90-04

HP antitrust case on maintenance

DEC VAX 9000

90-05 90-06

VAX 9000 ship delay by 1 month

HDS Vector Fac.

90-05 90-3Q

IBM-Compat. Vector Fac., EX models

AMH-Oracle

90-05 90-3Q

Oracle SW under UTS

HDS EX 310,420

90-06 91-2Q

Water Cooled, 45MIPS UP;150MIPS 4P

Lotus Suit

90-06

Lotus Corp. wins "look-and-feel"

Hitachi H-6587

90-07 90-09

35.4GB/box DASD

Fujitsu M-1800

90-09 90-04

New techn. high-end model line;

1.7 times old high-end; 8 way

IBM ES/9000

90-09 91-3Q

New techn models; Base UP:40MIPSe

Complete Line: 2 to 200MIPS(6P)

IBM ESCON

90-09 90-09

Fiber Optic Interconnect; 10MB/s

Channels-CUs, Directors (60 Ports)

IBM ESCON CUs

90-09 91-3Q

3990 CUs with ESCON fiber

IBM ESA/390

90-09

Architecture for ES/9000 Systems

IBM MVS/ESA

90-09 90-10

MVS SP V4; uses ESA/390, APPC/MVS

AMH 5995M

90-09 91-4Q

New techn. models; Base UP 50MIPS

3,4P (processors)

92-2Q

New models, 6P, 8P, to 300MIPS

Toshiba

90-09 90-09

Samples of 16Mbit Chips

NCR

90-09

New product lines using 80486

microprocessors (n-way) and Unix

AMH 4665FEP

90-09 91-1Q

FEP for Unix ($85K-$384K)

AMH UTS 2.1

90-09 90-4Q

Early Ship, UTS based on Unix V R3.1

Undersea Cable

90-11 93

British Telecom + MCI: 2.4gBit/s

OSF/1

90-10

OSF ships its first Unix

Fujitsu M2671

90-11

Fujitsu DASD, 8inch, 2.6GBytes

IBM Enh. SCSE

90-11

IBM Enhanced Cluster (SCSE)

4 TCMP(24P)+Common Memory (4GB)

Fujitsu DRAM

90-12 95-??

First 64Mbit DRAM chip using photo

(light) lithography; 40ns access

CA Enters Unix

91-01

Computer Associates enters Unix mkt

IBM Repository

91-02

IBM releases Repository specific.

AMH Sparc

91-02

Amdahl Licenses Sparc technology

AMH Huron

91-03 91-03 0

Huron Application Environment (SW)

AMH 6390

91-03

30GBytes/box, 8.25"

IBM DASD Price

91-03

-5% Price on 3390 drive, 3990 CU

Oracle 6.2

91-03

Oracle DBMS: loose-coupled sys.

AT&T; Fiber

91-03

5 GBits/s, 5000 miles,no amplifier

IBM 9021-860

91-03 92-2Q

5 processor model; 168 MIPS

Sequent

91-03

1 to 30 Intel 486 micros, Unix

MIPS ABI

91-04

Appl.Bin.I/F for MIPS micros by

USL (Unix Systems Labs)

ACE

91-04

Vendor Group: DEC, Compaq, MIPS,

Intel,Microsoft, SCO, others

Standards:Windows, Unix(SCO)

i486, MIPS

EC SW Directive

91-04 92-01

EC Parliament passes new SW Law

EC Nations must pass; allows

decompile for I/F's

Toshiba

91-02 94

64 Mbit,33ns DRAM chip

IBM 3995 OD

91-04 91-06

WORM Optical disk library

87 GBytes, 8ms seek, 8 sec fetch

NCR 3600

91-05 91-4Q

Up to 288 i486 micros, NCR Unix,

$8M, 2000 MIPS

Mitsubishi/IBM

91-04

Mitsubishi sells IBM mainframes in Japan

AT&T; Bus NCR

91-05

AT&T; Acquires NCR

Convex Corp.

91-05 92-1Q?

First Gallium Arsenide Machine

AMH 4745

91-05

+80% speed+HSS+ECCF for FEP

Micropolis 1GB

91-05 91-3Q

First 1GByte 3.5 inch disk

10ms access, 10Mbyte/s

HDS EX 520,620

91-07 92-1H

5,6 processor models of new EX

SW AG Natural

91-06 92-1Q

SW AG's Natural to PC DOS, Unix

IBM 3746

91-06

+50% speed,TCP/IP,+ other feat.

Intel

91-06 91-07

Intel ships 50MHz i486 micro

Sony/IB Optical

91-06 91-3Q

Optical rewritable DASD

128MBytes, 3.5", 40-66ms access

IBM ES/9000 MIP

S91-07 91-09

+15% speed (45MIPS UP)

NEC/Bull

91-07

NEC to buy 5% of Groupe Bull

Apple/IBM Pact

91-07

Apple, IBM on RS/6000, AIX,

Motorola RS/6000, Apple SW

IBM/Metaphor

91-07

IBM acquires Metaphor Corp.

Borland/Ashton

91-07

Borland buys Ashton-Tate Corp.

IBM/Siemens

91-07

16Mbit DRAM chips in Europe

NEC, Bull

91-07

NEC Buys 4.7% of Groupe Bull

Memorex/Telex

91-07

Memorex/Telex Files For Bankruptcy

IBM

91-07

IBM moves single silicon atoms

USSR Coyprights

91-07

USSR passes Copyright law

Toshiba

91-08

1GByte 3.5 inch DASD drives

NEC

91-08

NEC samples 16MBit chips in U.S.

Fujitsu/HAL

91-08

Fujitsu Buys 44% of HAL Computer

AMH MIPS

91-09 92-2Q

+10%-15% Speed of 5995M

IBM SW prices

91-09

+5% IBM Software

HDS 7390-3

91-09 92-2Q

34GB/Drive, $10.72/MB

IBM 9021 Mods

91-09 92-03

1-3P Mod520/640/660/740water cool

IBM 9121 Mods

91-09 92-03

2-4P Mod490/570/610air cool,70MIPS

IBM ESCON Speed

91-09 92-03/06

17MB/s data rate

IBM 3390-3

91-09 92-09

34GB/Box, $9.92/MB (B Box)

IBM 9340

91-09 92-1Q

2GB/Drive, $16.32/MB

IBM AIX/Native

91-09 92-2Q

AIX (IBM Unix) native on S/370/390

IBM 9570

91-09 92-2Q

50MB/s DASD For Scientific Appl.

IBM Warehouse

91-09 ?????

IBM Vision; access to various DBMS

IBM 1GB Disk

91-09 91-09

IBM ships 1GByte 3.5 inch disk

Unix V.4MP

91-10

USL V.4MP Unix: up to 16-way MP

AMH UTS2.1.3

91-10 91-12

UTS Enhancements

HDS MIPS

91-11

+15% Speed (to 50MIPS UP)

HDS Escon

91-11

Intention to support 17MB/s Escon

HDS EX 210

91-11

2P EX model, 99 MIPS

Cray Y-B C90

91-11

Cray ships 16GFLOP Supercomputer

AT&T;,Teradata

91-12

AT&T; Buys Teradata For $520M

Hitachi Micropr

91-12

Exper.Hitachi Micro: 250MHz,1KMIPS

AMH 6390

92-01 92-4Q

+50% Cap.=2.83GB/Module, 45GB/Box

AMH

92-01

4Q91:First loss by Amdahl

STC

92-01 92

Iceberg 9200 RAID DASD, 151GB;

DEC

92-02 92-4Q

Alpha 64b Arch.,Micro Chip@ 150MHz

Bull/IBM

92-02

IBM Buys 5%-10% of Bull

IBM 16Mit DRAM

92-02 92-03

Use of 16Mbit DRAM chip(in AS/400)

IBM Adstar

92-03

IBM Storage Business called Adstar

MIPS-SIGraphics

92-03

Silicon Graphics Buys MIPS Inc.

Samsung

92-03

Samsung: 1st ship,16Mbit DRAM chip

IBM COBOL

92-03

57,000 IBM COBOL LIC., 60B L. Appl.Code

IBM AIXESA

92-04 92-4Q

S/370 MAinframe Unix

IBM RS/6000 970

92-04 92-06

50MHz RISC Server, 0.5micron CMOS

IBM MOSP Pricin

92-05

Discount On Multiple OSG's, Same MF

AMH New CEO

92-05

E.J. Zemke new Amdahl CEO

IBM Pricing

92-05

-20% Price Main,Exp.store3090/9021

Now $3200/MB Main, $1,250/MB Exp

AMH Shis EPF

92-06

EPF=10%-15% Perf. Boost on 5995Ms

IBM Semicon.

92-06

IBM will sell its semiconductors

CDC

92-06

CDC To sell its computer business

AMH Huron

92-07

Huron: Unix Workstations, UTS

SUN SPARC

92-07

Version 9 SPARC Arch. 64 bits

IBM+Siemens+Tos

hiba:

9207

Agree To Develop 256Mbit DRAM chip

DEC

92-07

Olsen Steps Down at DEC

KODAK MAINT.

92-07

Court rules against Kodak on Maintenance

CA vs AAI

92-07

Limits on SW Copyright

IBM Pricing

92-08

+3% HW, +5% SW; PCs excluded

HDS Performance

92-08

+1% GX 8520, +2% GX 8620

Wang Bankruptcy

92-08

Wang Labs files for Bancruptcy

AMH 6390-3

92-09

DASD: 2.83GB/Module, 46GB/Box

IBM 933

92-09

IBM RAID DASD for AS/400; 6.97GB,7 disks

Solboure

92-09

8-way Viking-SPARC system

SEGAvsAclocade

92-09

SW Reverse Engineering OK (US Appeals)

AMH 5995-8650M

92-09

Amdahl ships its 8-processor 5995M

IBM-HP ICS

92-10 93-2H

IBM supplies HP with CICS/6000

SAMSUNG

92-10

SAMSUNG has a working 64Mbit DRAM chip

IBM

92-12

IBM cuts $1 billion from R&D;

IBM

93-01

IBM posts massive $11 billion charge

IBM 711-Based

93-02 93-02

IBM Announces 9021 711-based models: Feb 9th

10 new water cooled ECL models

UP (62 MIPS) to first IBM 8P (390 MIPS)

UP = +30% to +35% performance, 7.1ns cycle

IBM withdraws list prices, also

93-10

Data Compression, ADMF, MVS Open Edition

IBM 511-Based

93-02 93-02

IBM Announces 9121 511-based models:

New Air Cooled, ECL models (20 to

to 106 MIPS)UP to 4P.

Has Data Compression and ADMF

AMH xx70

93-02

Amdahl 711 response, 2 days after IBM ann.

93-03

XX70 series (DP,TP,QP,4P,5P,6P,7P & 8P)

+10% over xx50+EPF models, 5.9ns cycle time

AMH 5995M

93-02

Gartner lowers performance ratings of 5995M

about 5% - Feb. 26, 1993

Hitachi 8xx4

93-03

Hitachi 711 response March 16th

HDS GX 8xx4 models added to GX 8000 family

Matches IBM 711 models performance UP to 8P

IBM Software

93-05

IBM software pricing changes:

User and usage based plans announced

Group 90 & 100 prices rolled back to 80

Enterprise agreement planned

No general software price increases in '94

IBM DASD

93-05

IBM 3390-9 and 3990-6 announced

3390-9 - "chubby DASD" 3x mod 3 capacity

Hitachi DASD

93-05

HDS (and Comparex) respond to 3390-9

HDS 7600 series (7693,7699 and 7690 ctlr)

New 6.5 inch form factor

93-06

7693 (3390-3 alternative)

94-3Q

7699 (3390-9 alternative)

AMH DASD

93-06

Amdahl responds to 3390-9

94-3Q

6395-9 (3x capacity of 6390-3)

IBM Processors

93-08 93-08

Adds 9021-832 & new early availability dates

832 model added to 9021 water-cooled series

Data Compression moved to 8/93 from 10/93

Con. Micrcode Patch moved to 8/93 from 3/94

AMH/Sun

93-09

Amdahl and Sun Strategic Alliance Ann.

AC to market SPARCserver 1000 & 2000

AC to help enhance Solaris with UTS tech.

HDS/Comparex

93-11

Comparex and HDS stop competiting in Europe

One Hitachi distributor per country

IBM Servers

93-11

IBM Previews (pre-announces) PQS and PTS

Hitachi

93-12

HDS Announces new GX 8000 models

94-1Q

8114, 8214 & 8314

AMH

94-01

Compatible Systems issues SOD (CMOS, ECL,

and parallel systems plans)

AMH/Fujitsu

94-01

Amdahl & Fujitsu announce alliance to

develop future CMOS S/390 mainframes

AMH

94-03

DASD agreement with Encore

AMH

94-03

Amdahl announces strategic alliance with

Oracle, nCUBE and IBI

AMH 12P

94-03

Amdahl announces 4 new 5995-xx70 models

First 10P, 12P, 5P (ss) and 6P (ss)

Largest single image avail. (530 MIPS)

94-4Q

Only 12P from any PCM, First 10P

94-3Q

First single sided 5P and 6P

Announced 1 week before IBM 10P ann.

IBM 10P

94-04 94-10

IBM Announces 711-bases 10P (9X2)

1.2 x 982 (8P)

IBM Parallel

94-04 94-06

Parallel Sysplex extension to S/390

Sysplex

Extensive new software MVS V5, IMS V5, new

VTAM, NetView, RMF, RACF, etc. Requires

Coupling Facility & Coupling Links

IBM PTS

94-04 94-06

9672 PTS - CMOS S/390s (up to 6-way CEC,

10 MIPS uni to 50 MIPS aggregate)

Up to 8 CECs per PTS, runs Parallel

Sysplex Software

IBM Coupling

94-04 94-06

9674 CF - uses same CMOS S/390 plus 9345

Facility

Parallel Sysplex serialization, data

sharing, message queuing & buffer mgt.

IBM PQS

94-04 94-04

9673 PQS - uses same CMOS S/390 plus 9345

DASD, MVS and DB2 to provide DSS for DB2

Up to 8 CECs max, 768 GB DASD (or 6 TB via

custom config.)

IBM Software

94-04 94-04

IBM eliminates Group 90 & 100

94-06

IBM adds Parallel Sysplex License Charges

94-04

IBM adds Measured Usage License Charges

Hitachi/IBM

94-04

IBM and Hitachi Technology Agreement

Hitachi to buy CMOS S/390 processors,

PowerPC chips, and will OEM SP2 product

Hitachi to build midrange and parallel

systems around IBM S/390 chips - FCS 1996

AMH

94-05 94-2Q

Amdahl announces Xplorer 2000

Oracle

94-05

Oracle announces Sysplex support

IBM 9672

94-09

IBM announces Parallel Enterprise Servers

IBM 9672

95-06 95-07

IBM announces 9672 R*2/R*3

HDS

95-05

HDS announces Skyline - largest image

Gartner 975 MIPS

IBM

95-10 96-02

IBM announces OS/390 bundling

AMH

96-05

Amdahl announces Envista NT servers

and LVS 4500 RAID system

IBM

96-05

Windows APIs under MVS

IBM 9672

96-09 96-09

IBM announces 9672 R*4

IBM

96-09

XPG4 UNIX certification for OS/390

IBM

96-10

Java Virtual Machine for OS/390

CA IDMS

97-01

CA announces Sysplex support

IBM 9672

97-06 97-06

IBM announces CMOS G4/R*5

AMH

97-06 98-01

Millennium 700 - 75 MIPS UNI, 12-WAY

AMH

97-06

Spectris +25% performance

SWA Natural

98-02

Software AG announces Sysplex support

IBM 9672

98-05 98-08

IBM announces CMOS G5/R*6 - 1069 MIPS

Gartner 1069 MIPS

AMH

98-06 98-12

Millennium 800 - 1075 MIPS CMOS

AMH

98-06

Multiple Server Facility

AMH

98-09

SAP Certification

HDS

98-09 98-12

First 11-way system - Pilot

HDS

98-09 99-12

HDS pre-announces Skyline 2

HDS

98-10 98-4Q

7700E +30% Perf, bigger cache

IBM

98-11

1000 G5 servers in 3 months

AMH/MSFT

99-02

Agreement to integrate MVS, NT

HDS

99-02 99-3Q

First 3000 MIPS system - Trinium

EMC/IBM

99-03

Major DASD technology agreement

AMH

99-03

1000th TDMF Licence

HDS

99-04

Now wholly-owned daughter of Hitachi

IBM 9672

99-05 99-06

IBM announces CMOS G6/X*7/Z*7

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