http://www.tpc.org/tpcc/results/tpcc_perf_results.asp?resulttype=noncluster
compare first three positions.
third position is p5, 16-way box.
look the price/transactions!!!!!!!
IT IS a killer!!!
and imagine - 64-way is announced and soon will be available!!!!!!!

But it is not everything about it - the best is its virtualization. The box is able to run AIX, OS/400 and Linux at the same time! Many of them!!!!!!!!!
I WANT IT!!!!!!!
:)

I'm agree to get a single-way box...
It's enough for me :)

But for some people it can be bad news.
Imagine - more powerful/cheap/stable box.
It means customers need less such boxes.
It means less job for admins.
What is IBM doing??
What will they sell in future, when every customer owns such box???
:)