IBM System/360 Model 22

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IBM System/360 Model 22
IBM Logo 1967-1972.svg
ManufacturerInternational Business Machines Corporation (IBM)
Product family System/360
Release dateApril 7, 1970 (1970-04-07)
Introductory price$246,000 ($5,600/month)
(for the 24K model)
DiscontinuedOctober 7, 1977
Memory24 or 32K Core
Website Official website IBM Archives

The IBM System/360 Model 22 was an IBM mainframe from the System/360 line.

Contents

History

The Model 22 was a cut-down (economy) version [NB 1] of the Model 30 computer, aimed at bolstering the low end of the range.

The 360/22 was announced less than a year after the June 22, 1970 [1] withdrawal of the 360/30, and it lasted six and a half years, from April 7, 1971, to October 7, 1977.

Comparisons

ModelAnnounced [2] Withdrawn [3] Scientific
performance
(kIPS) [NB 2]
Commercial
performance
(kIPS) [NB 3]
CPU
Bandwidth
(MB/sec) [4]
Memory [NB 4] (model) [NB 5]
221971197710281.324, 32 [5]
25 196819779.7251.116, 24, 32, 48
30 1964197010.2291.38 (C30), 16 (D30), 24 (DC30), [NB 6]
32 (E30), 64 (F30)
40 1964197040753.216 (D40), 32 (E40), 64 (F40),
128 (G40), 256 (H40)

Models

Only 2 models were offered: 24K or 32K of memory. [NB 7]

Notes

  1. IBM description: "... small-system economy. It provided an economical way for users to..."
  2. Performance calculated (not measured) based on a mix of instructions typical of scientific applications ("Gibson Mix") with the results in kilo Instructions Per Second (kIPS) per Longbottom, Roy. "Computer Speeds From Instruction Mixes - pre-1960 to 1971" . Retrieved October 12, 2014. except for M95 and M195. The latter based upon estimates of performance relative to M65 from Pugh.
  3. using commercial instruction mix ("ADP Mix")
  4. K=1,024
  5. Lower case "M"
  6. Note: The DC30 was added in the second/FASTER iteration of the 360/30
  7. by comparison, the initial offering of the 360/30 included FOUR models: 8K, 16K, 32K, 64K

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References

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