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Hercules is not going after the large mainframe market. It is trying to help small customers continue to use their mainframe software and custom application programs on a low speed computer. A z10 or z196 processor is rated about 150 -200 mips per processor, up to 80 / 96 processors. A computer running Hercules gets about 50 MIPS per thread. A hyper threaded PC would get about 100 mips. A dual core hyper threaded PC would get about 200 mips. Plus the z processors need about 100 amps of power for the processor, the storage unit, and swithces, and specialized wiring for 220 volts, versus 2-3 amps for a PC or server.
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