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AIX 5L for POWER provides a new, scalable 64–bit kernel in addition to the previously available 32–bit kernel. With the addition of the 64–bit kernel, AIX is positioned for virtually unlimited scalability on future systems, well beyond the largest system size already offered, the IBM eServer pSeries 690. Analogously to AIX 4.3’s introduction of 64–bit application support, the AIX strategy remains that 64–bit and 32–bit are complementary in supporting a large range of POWER systems offerings, and that now includes the kernel environment.
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