IBM i 9009-42A EP1E 8-Core Power9 Processor System with 18,188-145,500 CPW
The IBM S924 9009-42A with EP1E 8-core processor is available in a 1 or 2 socket configurations that can be configured with 8 or 16 cores, have up to 4TB of memory and in a P20 software tier.

The 9009-42A single socket 8-core configuration has a maximum of 145,000 CPW for IBM i with all 8 cores active, and the dual processor 16-core configuration has a maximum of 268,000 CPW.

The S924 IBM Power9 chip core speeds have different speed ranges; the 8-core is 3.8 to 4.0 GHz, 10 core is 3.5 to 3.9 GHz and the 12 core is 3.4 to 3.9 GHz.

The single socket S924 processors have two Gen4 and 6 Gen3 slots, and the two socket version has five Gen4 and six Gen3 slots, however some slots are dedicated for mandatory an Ethernet adapter and likely other attachment requirements.

The amount of internal and external SSD and disk drive space supported by the 9009-42A is determined by various configuration factors, but 28 EXP24SX I/O expansion drawers and EMX0 PCIe3 expansion drawers can be attached (28 is the maximum combined quantity).