IT major IBM has launched the world’s fastest computer processor chip called the dual-core POWER6 in India.

With this launch, the company’s System p570, which the company says is the world’s most powerful midrange consolidation machine, and bladeCenter JS22 servers, both powered by this new chip, would be available in the country, said IBM India and South Asia Director, Systems and Technology Group, Shashi B Mal.

The POWER6 features virtualisation capabilities – a means of server consolidation – and is also the latest addition to IBM’s Project Big Green initiative. It allows “unparalleled power savings on mid-range servers through dynamic reallocation of resources, power and cooling benefits,” Mal said.

Mal said, “According to Morgan Stanley, energy used to power and cool today’s data centers represents 44 per cent of the centre’s total cost of ownership – and for a company of any size today, a 50 per cent saving is huge”.