IBM RS/6000

IBM RISC System/6000
Also known as	IBM RS/6000
Developer	IBM
Type	Desktop; Workstation (POWERstation); Server (POWERserver); Supercomputer platform (RS/6000 SP line);
Release date	February 1990
Discontinued	October 2000 (servers); 2002 (workstations);
CPU	IBM POWER or PowerPC
Predecessor	IBM RT PC
Successor	eServer pSeries; IntelliStation POWER; IBM ThinkPad Power Series
Related	IBM PC Power Series

The RISC System/6000 (RS/6000) is a family of RISC-based Unix servers, workstations and supercomputers made by IBM in the 1990s. The RS/6000 family replaced the IBM RT PC computer platform in February 1990 and is the first computer line to see the use of IBM's POWER and PowerPC based microprocessors. In October 2000, the RS/6000 brand was retired for POWER-based servers and replaced by the eServer pSeries. Workstations continued under the RS/6000 brand until 2002, when new POWER-based workstations were released under the IntelliStation POWER brand.