# Mainframe computers

*/Products/Mainframe_computers*

Mainframe computers

## Product Bo M

**Input To**:
- [Data Center Deployment](/Processes/Data_Center_Deployment)
**Summary**: The plural category of large central computing systems used for enterprise transaction and batch workloads; as a category node it is profiled by representative subsystems and the data centers they populate.
**Output Of**:
- [System Integration and Assembly](/Processes/System_Integration_and_Assembly)
**Components**:
- Name: Central Processor Complex · Quantity Note: core compute element · Required Input: Processor Chip Module
- Name: Main Memory Module · Quantity Note: addressable memory · Required Input: DRAM Chips
**Financed By**:
- [Equipment Lease](/Services/Equipment_Lease)
**Delivered As**:
- [Compute Capacity on Demand](/Services/Compute_Capacity_on_Demand)
**Warranted By**:
- [Hardware Maintenance Plan](/Services/Hardware_Maintenance_Plan)
**Physical Good**: true
**Produced With**:
- [Surface Mount Assembly Line](/Products/Surface_Mount_Assembly_Line)
- [System Integration Test Rig](/Products/System_Integration_Test_Rig)
**Runs Software**:
- [Mainframe Operating System](/Software/Mainframe_Operating_System)
**Assembled From**:
- [Input Output Channel Subsystem](/Products/Input_Output_Channel_Subsystem)
- [Storage Controller](/Products/Storage_Controller)
- [Cooling Subsystem](/Products/Cooling_Subsystem)
**Consumes To Make**:
- [Solder](/Products/Solder)
**Has Measurement**:
- [Throughput MIPS](/Metrics/Throughput_MIPS)
- [Memory Capacity](/Metrics/Memory_Capacity)
- [Power Consumption](/Metrics/Power_Consumption)
**Transforms Into**:
- [Mainframe Data Center](/Products/Mainframe_Data_Center)

## Neighborhood

### Parent

- [Mainframe computer](/Products/Mainframe_computer) — parent · Products

### Siblings

- [Mainframe operating systems](/Products/Mainframe_operating_systems) — siblings · Products
- [Maintrame computers](/Products/Maintrame_computers) — siblings · Products
- [Supercomputers](/Products/Supercomputers) — siblings · Products

### Related (uses tool)

- [Central Bank Processing & Clearing Center](/CompanyTypes/Central_Bank_Processing_&_Clearing_Center) — uses tool · CompanyTypes
- [Card Networks and Switches](/CompanyTypes/Card_Networks_and_Switches) — uses tool · CompanyTypes

### Who uses this

- [Railroad Conductors and Yardmasters](/Occupations/Railroad_Conductors_and_Yardmasters) — uses · Occupations
- [Air Traffic Controllers](/Occupations/Air_Traffic_Controllers) — uses · Occupations
- [Power Distributors and Dispatchers](/Occupations/Power_Distributors_and_Dispatchers) — uses · Occupations
- [Power Plant Operators](/Occupations/Power_Plant_Operators) — uses · Occupations
- [First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers](/Occupations/First-Line_Supervisors_of_Mechanics,_Installers,_and_Repairers) — uses · Occupations
- [Public Safety Telecommunicators](/Occupations/Public_Safety_Telecommunicators) — uses · Occupations
- [Sales Engineers](/Occupations/Sales_Engineers) — uses · Occupations
- [Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping](/Occupations/Human_Resources_Assistants,_Except_Payroll_and_Timekeeping) — uses · Occupations
- [Chemical Technicians](/Occupations/Chemical_Technicians) — uses · Occupations
- [Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers](/Occupations/Geoscientists,_Except_Hydrologists_and_Geographers) — uses · Occupations
- [Economists](/Occupations/Economists) — uses · Occupations
- [Physical Scientists, All Other](/Occupations/Physical_Scientists,_All_Other) — uses · Occupations
- [Hydrologists](/Occupations/Hydrologists) — uses · Occupations
- [Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health](/Occupations/Environmental_Scientists_and_Specialists,_Including_Health) — uses · Occupations
- [Chemists](/Occupations/Chemists) — uses · Occupations
- [Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists](/Occupations/Medical_Scientists,_Except_Epidemiologists) — uses · Occupations
- [Biological Scientists, All Other](/Occupations/Biological_Scientists,_All_Other) — uses · Occupations
- [Biochemists and Biophysicists](/Occupations/Biochemists_and_Biophysicists) — uses · Occupations
- [Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians](/Occupations/Environmental_Engineering_Technologists_and_Technicians) — uses · Occupations
- [Engineers, All Other](/Occupations/Engineers,_All_Other) — uses · Occupations
- [Computer Hardware Engineers](/Occupations/Computer_Hardware_Engineers) — uses · Occupations
- [Aerospace Engineers](/Occupations/Aerospace_Engineers) — uses · Occupations
- [Statisticians](/Occupations/Statisticians) — uses · Occupations
- [Operations Research Analysts](/Occupations/Operations_Research_Analysts) — uses · Occupations
- [Network and Computer Systems Administrators](/Occupations/Network_and_Computer_Systems_Administrators) — uses · Occupations
- [Database Architects](/Occupations/Database_Architects) — uses · Occupations
- [Computer Occupations, All Other](/Occupations/Computer_Occupations,_All_Other) — uses · Occupations
- [Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers](/Occupations/Software_Quality_Assurance_Analysts_and_Testers) — uses · Occupations
- [Software Developers](/Occupations/Software_Developers) — uses · Occupations
- [Computer Programmers](/Occupations/Computer_Programmers) — uses · Occupations
- [Computer Systems Analysts](/Occupations/Computer_Systems_Analysts) — uses · Occupations
- [Financial Specialists, All Other](/Occupations/Financial_Specialists,_All_Other) — uses · Occupations
- [Business Operations Specialists, All Other](/Occupations/Business_Operations_Specialists,_All_Other) — uses · Occupations
- [Database Administrators](/Occupations/Database_Administrators) — uses · Occupations
- [Computer Network Architects](/Occupations/Computer_Network_Architects) — uses · Occupations
- [Computer User Support Specialists](/Occupations/Computer_User_Support_Specialists) — uses · Occupations
- [Computer Network Support Specialists](/Occupations/Computer_Network_Support_Specialists) — uses · Occupations
- [Computer and Information Research Scientists](/Occupations/Computer_and_Information_Research_Scientists) — uses · Occupations
- [Information Security Analysts](/Occupations/Information_Security_Analysts) — uses · Occupations
- [Computer and Information Systems Managers](/Occupations/Computer_and_Information_Systems_Managers) — uses · Occupations

### Warranted by

- [Hardware Maintenance Agreement](/Services/Hardware_Maintenance_Agreement) — warranted by · Services

### Output of

- [Systems Assembly and Integration](/Processes/Systems_Assembly_and_Integration) — output of · Processes

### Input to

- [Data Center Build Out](/Processes/Data_Center_Build_Out) — input to · Processes

### Rolled up to product class

- [Computers](/Products/Computers) — rolled up to product class · Products

### Requires input

- [Processor Module](/Products/Processor_Module) — requires input · Products
- [DRAM Chips](/Products/DRAM_Chips) — requires input · Products

### Composed of

- [Memory module cards](/Products/Memory_module_cards) — composed of · Products
- [Central Processor Complex](/Products/Central_Processor_Complex) — composed of · Products

### Produced with

- [System Integration Test Bay](/Products/System_Integration_Test_Bay) — produced with · Products
- [Smt Assembly Line](/Products/Smt_Assembly_Line) — produced with · Products

### Measured by

- [Energy Consumption Per Hour](/Metrics/Energy_Consumption_Per_Hour) — measured by · Metrics
- [Memory Capacity](/Metrics/Memory_Capacity) — measured by · Metrics
- [Throughput MIPS](/Metrics/Throughput_MIPS) — measured by · Metrics

### Runs software

- [Mainframe Operating System](/Software/Mainframe_Operating_System) — runs software · Software

### Financed by

- [Equipment Lease](/Services/Equipment_Lease) — financed by · Services

### Delivered as

- [Compute Capacity on Demand](/Services/Compute_Capacity_on_Demand) — delivered as · Services

### Consumes

- [Solder](/Products/Solder) — consumes · Products

### Transforms into

- [Mainframe Data Center](/Products/Mainframe_Data_Center) — transforms into · Products

### Assembled from

- [Cooling Subsystem](/Products/Cooling_Subsystem) — assembled from · Products
- [Storage Controller](/Products/Storage_Controller) — assembled from · Products
- [Input Output Channel Subsystem](/Products/Input_Output_Channel_Subsystem) — assembled from · Products