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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (99349)	2/17/2000 4:24:00 AM
From: Paul Engel	Respond to of 186894

Ten & Intel Investors - ITanium systems will need EMC-type data storage modules - right? So what does Intel do? It teams up with EMC !!! Check this out. Intel, EMC, IBM join forces for IA-64 storage needs "EMC will begin optimizing many of its products for Intel's Itanium processor, which drives IA-64. The storage giant, which already provides compatible storage for the 64-bit Sun Solaris operating environment, also will begin developing additional software solutions to complement IA-64." Paul {===================================} infoworld.com Intel, EMC, IBM join forces for IA-64 storage needs By Dan Neel PALM SPRINGS, CALIF. -- Hoping to cash in on the growing need for enterprise-level storage generated by the rapidly growing e-commerce market, EMC, IBM, and Intel on Tuesday announced here at the Intel Developer Forum an alliance to jointly develop storage solutions. The first products resulting from the alliance are scheduled to be available by next year. In line with Intel's strategy to be the building-block supplier to the Internet economy rather than a complete solution provider, a spokesperson for the chip maker said the company will cooperate with both EMC and IBM to ensure compatibility with Intel's IA-64 operating environment. The resulting solution -- which is not even in the alpha stage yet -- is scheduled to move into the beta-testing phase by the second quarter of this year. EMC will begin optimizing many of its products for Intel's Itanium processor, which drives IA-64. The storage giant, which already provides compatible storage for the 64-bit Sun Solaris operating environment, also will begin developing additional software solutions to complement IA-64. For its part, IBM will provide system management software for its DB2 database, as well as Oracle databases. IBM's aim is to ensure the smooth running of applications, databases, operating systems, and the IA-64 architecture. Intel Corp., in Santa Clara, Calif., is at www.intel.com. IBM, in Armonk, N.Y., is at www.ibm.com. EMC Corp., in Hopkinton, Mass., is at www.emc.com. Dan Neel is an InfoWorld reporter.

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (99349)	2/17/2000 4:24:00 AM
From: rudedog	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Ten - In his description of CPQ's high end roadmap at the Win2K launch, CPQ's Capellas positioned the Unisys machine as a "stepping stone" to a larger machine next year which would bring "volume economics to the high end" - he indicated that this would be a CPQ design rather than an extension of the Unisys product, which was represented as a way for CPQ to provide larger machines immediately to satisfy customer demand for a "fat node" based on Intel technology. He described this next generation machine as "building blocks" which would provide 32 way and beyond, but without the "big machine tax" of current SMP technology. There was no detail about this design beyond those teasers, but with the near-simultaneous disclosure of the 870 design by Rattner, it looked to me like Capellas was describing an 870-based machine in the McKinley time frame... does that sound reasonable??