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Unisys Phasing Out Decades-Old Mainframe Processor For x86

Posted by Soulskill on from the get-off-my-lawn dept.

angry tapir writes: Unisys is phasing out its decades-old mainframe processor. The chip is used in some of Unisys' ClearPath flagship mainframes, but the company is moving to Intel's x86 chips in Libra and Dorado servers in the ClearPath line. The aging CMOS chip will be "sunsetted" in Libra servers by the end of August and in the Dorado line by the end of 2015. Dorado 880E and 890E mainframes will use the CMOS chip until the servers are phased out, which is set to happen by the end of 2015.

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  1. Re:Well, by Nutria · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Memory-safe languages and their compiler can provide the same "safety" net

    But no one uses them.

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    "I don't know, therefore Aliens" Wafflebox1