New Report Explores Power PC Based IBM RISC System/6000 Model 41

Gulf Breeze, FL -- Maximum Press has released Exploring the IBM RISC
System/6000 Model 41, a highly readable and succinct overview of the
history, architecture, capability, and performance of the new IBM RISC
System/6000 Model 41. Written by best-selling author Jim Hoskins and
published to coincide with the product release by IBM, this report guides
the potential user through the changes and improvements to IBM's venerable
RS/6000 family of servers and workstations embodied in the Model 41, which
utilizes the new PowerPC Architecture developed jointly by IBM, Apple, and
Motorola.

Exploring the IBM RISC System/6000 Model 41 begins with an executive
summary and an introduction to the RS/6000 family and to the new Model 41W
and 41T workstations. RS/6000 workstations are widely used for
applications that use complex, computer-generated graphics and extensive
mathematical calculations, including computer-aided design, mathematical
modeling, advanced desktop publishing, and statistical analysis.

The new Model 41, while compatible with the existing UNIX-based RS/6000
System systems, uses the first PowerPC microprocessor, the PowerPC 601.
Hoskins assesses the overall performance of the Model 41, reviewing IBM
benchmark tests of various RS/6000 models. He also provides a helpful
comparison of RISC (Reduced Instruction Set Computing) architecture, used
in the new PowerPC Architecture, with the more traditional CISC (Complex
Instruction Set Computing) architectures used in Intel 80X86 and Motorola
680X0 microprocessors.

The bulk of the report is devoted to exploring the components, features,
and capabilities of the Model 41. Hoskins reviews the PowerPC
Architecture, introduces the new PowerPC family of microprocessors, and
examines in detail the PowerPC 601 microprocessor, used in the Model 41.
He examines how the Model 41 manages memory and highlights the benefits
(and costs) of its 52-bit virtual memory addressing scheme. He evaluates
the graphics capabilities of the Model 41, offering an introduction to the
basic hardware, software, and price-performance aspects of computer
graphics. Finally, Hoskins examines the four types of storage commonly
used with the Model 41: diskette, hard disk, tape, and optical.

Exploring the IBM RISC System/6000 Model 41 has been extensively reviewed
for technical accuracy by IBM and will be invaluable to current and
potential RS/6000 users assessing their hardware options.

About the Author... Jim Hoskins, President of Maximum Press, is author of
the best-selling Business Perspective series, which cover IBM's four
primary product lines: Personal Systems; AS/400; RISC System/6000; and
ES/9000, which have sold over 200,000 copies worldwide and have been
published in eleven foreign languages. During a ten-year career at IBM, he
was a design engineer and a member of the original development team for
the Personal System/2.

About Maximum Press... Maximum Press specializes in publishing books that
help businesses reduce the risks associated with selecting and applying
computer technology to solve business problems. Written by technical
experts in a well-organized and easy-to-read format, Maximum Press books
take non-technical readers through a step-by-step evaluation of hardware
and software in order to help them make intelligent computer purchasing
decisions. The timely and fully illustrated MaxFacts series examines the
hottest IBM products and technological issues. Maximum Press (originally
H-Tech), was founded in 1985 by Jim Hoskins.

Exploring the IBM RISC System/6000 Model 41 (41W & 41T) by Jim Hoskins.
MaxFacts Special Report. 47 pages. 8" x 11 inches. ISBN 0-9633214-8-X.
Pub. date May 24, 1994. $19.95 plus shipping ($3 for United States; $5 for
Canada). Add state and local sales tax in FL and TN.

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