IBM 7090: Difference between revisions

With a processing speed of around 100 [[FLOPS|Kflop/s]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/David-Bailey-35/publication/267998694_Performance_of_Future_High-End_Computers/links/54a587600cf256bf8bb4d589/Performance-of-Future-High-End-Computers.pdf |title=Performance of future high-end computers |last=Bailey |first=David |author-link=David H. Bailey (mathematician) |page=4 |date=n.d. |website=[[ResearchGate]] |access-date=April 16, 2022}}</ref> the 7090 is six times faster than the 709, and could be rented for half the price.<ref>{{cite book |first1=Emerson W. |last1=Pugh |first2=Lyle R. |last2=Johnson |first3=John H. |last3=Palmer |title=IBM's 360 and early 370 systems |url=https://archive.org/details/ibms360early370s0000pugh |url-access=registration |publisher=MIT Press |year=1991 |isbn=0-262-16123-0 |page=[https://archive.org/details/ibms360early370s0000pugh/page/36 36] }}</ref> An upgraded version, the 7094 was up to twice as fast. ItBoth wasthe 7090 and the 7094 were withdrawn from sale on July 14, 1969, but systems remained in service for more than a decade after.<ref>[{{cite web |url=https://www.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/mainframe/mainframe_PP7094mainframe_PP7090.html |title=7090 Data Processing System |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=n.d. |publisher=IBM |access-date=April 16, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/mainframe/mainframe_PP7090.html |title=7094 Data Processing System], IBM|author=<!--Not factstated--> sheet 1962,|date=n.d. |publisher=IBM archives|access-date=April 16, 2022}}</ref>