Intel Investors - Re: Intel, Compaq, Corollary & Deschutes
Intel's purchase of Corollary is coming into better focus - notice the mention of the K6+ - whoops, excuse me - I meant Deschutes - in Compaq's new product plans., along with the Slot 2 interface.
Paul
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biz.yahoo.com
Thursday October 9 8:02 AM EDT
Company Press Release
Corollary and Compaq Announce Technology Exchange
Agreement for Breakthrough Eight-Processor Design
HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 9, 1997--
Profusion Architecture Emerges as Industry-Standard for
Highly Scalable Multiprocessing
Compaq Computer Corporation (NYSE:CPQ), the world's leading server vendor, and Corollary, Inc., the Irvine, California-based industry leader in symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) architecture and chipsets, today announced a technology exchange agreement to advance the development of a standards-based eight processor design. Under the terms of the agreement, Corollary's Profusion multi-processing architecture and Compaq's I/O technology will be deployed together to enhance the SMP capabilities of Intel Deschutes Slot 2(a) processors. In addition, Corollary has licensed Compaq's PCI Hot Plug technology to increase levels of system availability and enable the on-line serviceability required for mission-critical computing
today. Customers will benefit from this technology through less downtime and reduced maintenance costs.
This development further establishes Corollary's Profusion architecture as the industry-standard for highly scalable multiprocessing. Flexible, cost-effective industry-standard servers have demonstrated their ability to compete with comparable, yet more expensive, RISC-based systems. With the introduction of Profusion
architecture to the market (in the second half of 1998) standards-based servers will bring the advantages of increased flexibility and price/performance to new customers at the highest reaches of enterprise computing.
''Corollary has been driving the development of the eight-CPU multiprocessing market for several years and we've been gratified to see the tremendous growth as new, scalable operating systems have evolved from Microsoft and SCO. Now, the combination of Corollary's Profusion architecture and Compaq's I/O and PCI Hot Plug technologies further establishes Intel-based multiprocessing as the new standard for enterprise computing,'' said George White, President, Corollary, Inc. ''Compaq's advanced I/O and PCI Hot Plug
technologies add additional I/O performance capabilities and increased availability to these industry standards based platforms.''
''Many of our enterprise customers want the eight-way processor technology available to them in anticipation of growing application demands, but they are waiting for the introduction of a future
standards-based architecture that will give them greater processing power and scalability than that which is currently available. The ProLiant 7000 shipping today is upgradable to an eight-way architecture. This important scalability feature provides customers the added investment protection they are looking for to
meet their evolving needs,'' said Mike Perez, Vice President, Server Products Division, Compaq Computer Corporation. ''Corollary has the superior, proven technology and ability to partner effectively with other OEMs that are important to bringing this breakthrough standards-based architecture to a much broader market.''
Operating System Support
Corollary and Compaq are working closely with leading operating system vendors to ensure that customers
will see tremendous scalability benefits from the new architecture. Two of the leading vendors of operating
systems with eight-way multiprocessing support for the Intel platform are Microsoft and SCO.
''With the recent release of Windows NT Server Enterprise Edition 4.0 and its extended SMP support, our
customers will increasingly use eight-processor servers as cost-effective platforms for their largest
server-based applications,'' said Rich Tong, Vice President, Personal and Business Systems Group,
Microsoft Corporation. ''Microsoft is pleased that Corollary and Compaq are working together to create
standards-based eight-processor servers that deliver higher scalability and enhanced reliability.''
''SCO has worked with Corollary since 1989, when we launched the first operating system for
multiprocessor systems based on Intel hardware,'' said Ray Anderson, Senior Vice President of SCO's
Product Division. ''Our UNIX systems were designed to run servers containing as many as 32 processors.
Today, many companies already run their business-critical applications on multiprocessor Compaq servers
with SCO OpenServer or SCO UnixWare operating systems. These new eight-processor servers are the
next logical step, and SCO stands ready to support them now.''
Compaq and Corollary Continue Longstanding Relationship
Compaq and Corollary have been working jointly on eight-way chipset technology for more than a year.
Compaq concentrated its efforts on developing high performance I/O bridge technology and driving
improvements to overall I/O functionality, while Corollary set industry trends through its development of the
high-performance Profusion memory architecture. The Compaq and Corollary relationship dates back to the
late 1980's when the two companies jointly developed multiprocessing capability for Compaq Systempro
customers. Compaq and Corollary have a long history of advancing standards-based Intel architecture
microprocessing platforms and jointly participate in several special interest groups and other significant
industry initiatives.
Company Background
Compaq Computer Corporation, a Fortune 100 company, is the fifth largest computer company in the world
and the largest global supplier of personal computers, delivering useful innovation through products that
connect people with people and people with information. The company is an industry leader in
environmentally friendly programs and business practices. Compaq is strategically organized to meet the
current and future needs of its customers, offering Internet and enterprise computing solutions, networking
products, commercial PC products and consumer PCs. As the leader in distributed enterprise solutions,
Compaq has shipped over a million servers. In 1996, the company reported worldwide sales of $18.1
billion. Compaq products are sold and supported in more than 100 countries through a network of
authorized Compaq marketing partners. Customer support and information about Compaq and its products
can be found at compaq.com or by calling 1-800-OK-COMPAQ. Product information and reseller
locations can be obtained by calling 1-800-345-1518.
Corollary, Inc., which recently entered into an agreement to be acquired by Intel Corporation as a
wholly-owned subsidiary, is a leading supplier of advanced technology which extends the power of
Intel-based processors to system manufacturers worldwide. For more information about Corollary, Inc. and
its products, contact Corollary at 2802 Kelvin, Irvine, Calif. 92614; telephone: (714) 250-4040; fax: (714)
250-4043; WWW home page: corollary.com; e-mail: sales@corollary.com .
(a) Deschutes Slot 2 is the codename for Intel's next generation 32-bit processor.
Compaq, Registered U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Product names mentioned herein may be
trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies.
Contact:
Compaq Computer Corporation
Arch Currid
281/514-0484
arch.currid@compaq.com
or
Miller/Shandwick Technologies
Helen Dragoon
617/351-4113
hdragoon@miller.shandwick.com
or
Corollary, Inc.
Gail Michelsen
714/250-4040
gailm@corollary.com
or
Strategies
Shay Stockdill
714/957-8880
shay@strategiesadpr.com |
