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IBM offers updated version of key computer line

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NEW YORK: International Business Machines Corp., the world's largest computer

maker, said on Sunday it is offering an updated version of a key line of

powerful computers targeted at businesses that use the Internet.

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The IBM p680 UNIX server, the latest computer under a new eServer brand name,

is the latest version of IBM's RS/6000 computer line - updated with a

performance-boosting technology known as silicon-on-insulator.

"Silicon-on-insulator means the material is overlayed over the

transistors," said IBM Web servers general manager Rod Adkins in a

telephone interview. "You get better performance on lower power as well as

better reliability."

IBM said the technology allows for faster transaction processing and better

performance in other business tasks.

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The new IBM eServer p680 is priced starting at $420,000, and will be

available next month, he said.

IBM said the technology it has developed and is moving throughout its server

lines take aim at server market leader Sun Microsystems Inc.

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