Marketingwise I think it is difficult for IBM to sell x86 systems as it is too easy for customers to compare performance to a standard Wintel server.
replySun had the same problem after 2001 dotcom when standard PC servers became reliable enough to run web servers on.
It's easier to sell "our special sauce" when building using a custom ARM platform. Then you have no easy comparison with standard servers.
IBM sells hyperconverged AIO OpenShift on Dell & Lenovo hardware now: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/fusion-hci-systems/2.12.x?topic=...
replyIBM sold off XSeries, x86, to Lenovo years ago along with spinning off various other things that they considered commodity.
replyYep i think thats why even POWER isnt sold standalone but as part of the Z/i series packages as a unit.
replyThey will probably market the ARM inclusion similarly - as something that the package provides.
As far as POWER i think only Raptor[1] does direct marketingof the power(hehe) and capabilities
POWER is sold standalone, it's not packaged with Z.
replyhttps://www.ibm.com/products/power
The i systems are just POWER machines with different firmware.