PowerVM Lx86 supports the installation and running of most 32-bit x86 Linux applications on any System p or BladeCenter model with POWER6™, POWER5+™ or POWER5™ processors, or IBM Power Architecture™ technology-based IBM BladeCenter blade servers. It creates an x86 Linux application environment running on POWER processor-based systems by dynamically translating x86 instructions to Power Architecture instructions and caching them to enhance performance, as well as mapping x86 Linux system calls to Linux on POWER system calls. Best of all, no native porting or application upgrade is required for running most x86 Linux applications. Imagine the possibilities of having tens of thousands of x86 Linux applications for the industry-leading System p platform! Unleash the System p advantages for your x86 Linux applications:

• Exceptional performance and scalability.
• Improved service quality through leadership availability and security features.
• The ability to dynamically optimise the mix of processor, memory, disk and network resources with optional IBM PowerVM virtualisation technology

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