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To: Paul Engel who wrote (98847)	2/12/2000 6:00:00 PM
From: Tony Viola	Respond to of 186894

Paul, not sure if this article has made the thread yet. This is the kind of thing I was talking about re Sun, that they will be mostly alone vs. the rest of the computing world when Itanium is ready: At least eight server vendors will give developers the latest look at systems under development that will run a version of Windows 2000 optimized for the 64-bit processor environment. But there's a catch. Many will also demonstrate systems running Unix and Linux. A challenge for Tenchusatsu and the rest of the development guys. Well, the scalability has to be built by a lot of departments, inside and outside of Intel. The reliability Intel can do a lot about. Hey, at least these "bilities" are out on the table and everyone knows what they need to work on. Tony But it could take some time before Itanium comes up to speed with proprietary RISC platforms, said Michael Maas, manager of server product marketing for IBM's competing RS/6000 line. "We think we can pace and offer better scalability and much better reliability at the system level," Maas said. IT Sizes Up Wintel Platforms For The High End - Intel Seeks To Show 64-Bit Chip Is Ready For E-Business SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2000 3:27 AM - CMP Media Feb. 11, 2000 (InternetWeek - CMP via COMTEX) -- If Windows 2000 isn't enough to convince IT managers that the Wintel platform is ready for e-business, Intel is betting that its forthcoming 64-bit Itanium processor will give further credibility to the platform's added scalability. At least eight server vendors will give developers the latest look at systems under development that will run a version of Windows 2000 optimized for the 64-bit processor environment. But there's a catch. Many will also demonstrate systems running Unix and Linux. The systems will be showcased at the Intel Developers Forum this week. Due out later this year, Itanium-based systems will let e-businesses manage large databases and offer better use of directory services and improved security over the existing 32-bit Intel architecture, said Ron Curry, Intel's director of marketing. While Windows 2000 will have a chance to shine on Itanium, so will other operating systems. "You will see Itanium-based systems running not only Windows NT and Windows 2000, but also a variety of Unix configurations and a Linux implementation," said Nathan Brookwood, an analyst at Insight 64. But it could take some time before Itanium comes up to speed with proprietary RISC platforms, said Michael Maas, manager of server product marketing for IBM's competing RS/6000 line. "We think we can pace and offer better scalability and much better reliability at the system level," Maas said. While it remains to be seen how many shops with proprietary RISC systems move their systems to Itanium, existing sites with Intel-based hardware are eagerly awaiting the added boost. For example, e-busi-ness has increased the transaction loads at Carlson Hospitality, which represents Radisson Hotels International, Regents International and Country Inn & Suites. Carlson Hospitality runs its transaction-processing systems and data warehouse on multiple Intel-based Numa-Q systems. The company has experienced bottlenecks due to a growing number of customers making reservations online, said Keith Adams, technical support supervisor. Adams is hoping Itanium will ease those bottlenecks. "Itanium would offer us the ability to grow our computing power without growing our data center and without adding more and more boxes," he said. This week, Intel will reveal further technical details on the successor to its Pentium III and Pentium III Xeon processors. For desktops, the company will release its Willamette processors in the second half of 2000 and target clock speeds greater than 1 GHz. Intel also is reading new processors for next-generation workstations and servers. Systems based on Intel's Foster chips will also target greater than 1 GHz and will come out in 2000 or 2001. On the low end, Intel is also expected to reveal details about the Timna processor targeted at sub-$600 systems. The systems will cost less than systems based on the low-end Celeron processor.

To: Paul Engel who wrote (98847)	2/12/2000 7:46:00 PM
From: Tony Viola	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

Paul and Intel investors, The 64-bit chip can process six instructions in one clock cycle -- Intel readies 800-MHz Itanium for a midyear unveiling What's PIII/ Athlon, three instructions per cycle? We've heard this one before, but it always sounds good: With e-commerce and Internet applications growing at a rapid rate, Singer said, the Itanium will play a critical role in developing the infrastructure to support the information age. "We estimate that the world today has only 4 percent of the server capacity that will be required in the next several years, so that means there is 96 percent of the market left," said Singer. "We are in the beginning of a major revolution, and we ain't seen nothing yet." I don't think Sun can make, I mean get made, that many chips. Tony ADVANCED PROCESSORS The 64-bit chip can process six instructions in one clock cycle -- Intel readies 800-MHz Itanium for a midyear unveiling SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2000 2:12 AM - CMP Media Feb. 11, 2000 (Electronic Engineering Times - CMP via COMTEX) -- SAN FRANCISCO - Intel Corp. plans to introduce its long-awaited 64-bit Itanium microprocessor later this year at an initial speed grade of 800 MHz. The company revealed numerous technical details of the device this week at the International Solid-State Circuits Conference 2000. "This is the most significant product introduction from Intel since the 386 chips," said Gadi Singer, vice president and general manager of the company's IA-64 division and a key architect on the project. Singer claimed that while Itanium will be at 800 MHz, its ability to process six instructions in a single clock cycle will make it a higher-performing processor than the gigahertz chips. He said the company has delivered thousands of engineering prototypes of Itanium to more than 30 computer OEMs, as well as to numerous other vendors in the chip set, operating system, application software and other segments. Code-named Merced, the device will hit the market in the middle of this year, Singer said. The processor contains 25 million transistors and is contained within a cartridge that packs 4 Mbytes of Level 3 cache. The Itanium features a back-side bus that allows this cache to run at the same frequency as the processor itself. The front-side bus delivers 266 million transfers per second, which is twice the speed seen in the 133-MHz buses found in today's high-end IA-32 processors. The Itanium is expected to be used in servers and workstations, and Intel will support the processor with a chip set that allows as many as four of the chips to work together. OEMs can then pack these units together into workhorse systems with as many as 512 Itanium chips working collaboratively. Singer said that the chip is designed with parallel execution in mind, and each Itanium can process up to six instructions simultaneously. Its floating-point unit can perform 6.4 billion operations per second. "Our design goal was to keep the chip busy every cycle," he said. "The Itanium delivers greater instruction-level parallelism than any contemporary processor." With e-commerce and Internet applications growing at a rapid rate, Singer said, the Itanium will play a critical role in developing the infrastructure to support the information age. "We estimate that the world today has only 4 percent of the server capacity that will be required in the next several years, so that means there is 96 percent of the market left," said Singer. "We are in the beginning of a major revolution, and we ain't seen nothing yet." eetimes.com