IBM System Z MIPS Shows Increased Centralisation And A Return To Growth

IBM MIPS Model Highlights

• ITCandor estimates IBM System z shipped 640 systems, 6.2k IPs, 5.6B Mips at $880/Mips in 2010
• Revenue grew by 14% to $4.9B and MIPS grew by 35%
• Trends in the Mips model show a move towards centralisation
• IBM offsets the high costs of developing mainframes by making chips for gaming consoles
• Sales of mainframe and Unix machines will grow in 2011, finding a back-end role in private and hybrid Cloud Computing implementations