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To: stribe30 who wrote (27360)	2/4/2001 2:19:49 AM
From: jcholewa	Read Replies (5) \| Respond to of 275872

[apologies, slightly OT] Scott, regarding my post on how late IA-64 is (according to some sources, that is).... A fellow at icarus@niia.net emailed me in response to that post saying that I'm "just an Intel suck-ass....", and backed up his assertion by saying the following: "My evidence is that you constantly apply a negative spin to any AMD related news. An example would be a benchmark showing a strong score by an AMD product, followed by your comment which doubts the accuracy of the test due to one reason or another. While, on the other hand, you always seem to praise an Intel related news item, even though the specs/benchmarks indicate otherwise. You die hard Intel supporters are in a state of denial. It's too difficult for any of you to accept the fact that Intel has serious competition now, and that AMDs product line just continues to get stronger, while Intel seems to be floundering. Rick Drotleff"     I was wondering if anybody else out there thought the same of me. I do not want to seem too biased in either direction and I take criticism as such as a signal that I may need to readjust my perspective. If it is not the case that I am overly Intel-biased, then I am at a loss to respond to this email. Can anybody help me in constructing a response to this fellow, or if it's possible could one of you fellows kindly explain to this person that I am, in fact, not ... er ... an "Intelabee", as you folks call it?     -JC PS: Scott, I personally would have emboldened the part of higher performance for unoptimized applications.

To: stribe30 who wrote (27360)	2/4/2001 12:38:24 PM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

Thursday November 2, 4:01 pm Eastern Time Press Release SOURCE: Ohio Supercomputer Center SGI Installs First Itanium(TM) Processor Based System at Ohio Supercomputer Center Installation at Premier National University Computing Facility Enables Users to Start Porting Codes to Itanium Architecture COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- The Ohio Supercomputer Center (OSC) based in Columbus, Ohio has announced the first installation of an Intel® Itanium(TM) processor-based prototype system from SGI. The initial configuration is a Linux cluster of four nodes, with two pre-release Intel Itanium processors per node, and a Myrinet interconnect. The system will be used for porting parallel scientific and engineering codes to the Itanium processor platform. Implementation of the cluster was very successful -- the SGI system was up and running within just two hours, with applications running seamlessly across the cluster. Today the machines are being used by OSC staff to familiarize themselves with the new system and next month the facility will be open to a restricted number of academic researchers across the OSC community who will start to port and optimize their applications. This installation will allow these early adopters to take best advantage of the Itanium architecture for production runs of their applications when the systems reach production. ``This test system represents the beginnings of what will be a second generation of Linux clusters for production HPC installed at OSC. The project is joint research between OSC and SGI to investigate the feasibility of using Linux clusters in place of traditional MPP systems for a diverse set of engineering and scientific problems,'' Al Stutz, Director of High Performance Computing at OSC. Raghu Murthi, Marketing Director of Enterprise Platforms at Intel commented, ``OSC is an example of the earliest adopters of Itanium processor platforms. We believe that the floating-point performance, scalability, and large memory addressability of the Itanium processor will demonstrate the power of the platform for HPC applications.'' Ken Jacobsen, VP of ISV partner programs at SGI commented, ``We are delighted to have delivered one of the first Itanium processor based systems to be installed in a major supercomputing center. This collaborative effort with OSC once again demonstrates SGI's leadership in high performance computing. Using SGI's Pro64 compiler technology, we expect that OSC users will be able to raise the performance levels of Linux clusters to new heights for HPC applications.'' About OSC OSC, a state-supported resource, provides a reliable high performance computing and networking infrastructure for a diverse, state-wide/regional community including education, academic research, industry, and state government. Additional information is available at www.osc.edu . About Intel Intel, the world's largest chip maker, is also a leading manufacturer of computer, networking and communications products. Additional information about Intel is available at www.intel.com/pressroom . About SGI SGI provides a broad range of high-performance computing and advanced graphics solutions that enable customers to understand and conquer their toughest computing problems. SGI is headquartered in Mountain View, California the company is located on the Web at www.sgi.com . For general enquiries, telephone (650)-933-5000. SGI and the SGI logo are trademarks of Silicon Graphics, Inc. All other trademarks mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners. SOURCE: Ohio Supercomputer Center

To: stribe30 who wrote (27360)	2/4/2001 12:39:35 PM
From: Paul Engel	Respond to of 275872

Tuesday October 17, 10:14 am Eastern Time Press Release Dell Delivers Advanced PowerEdge E-Commerce Pilot On Intel Itanium Processor Dell Installs PowerEdge Server Prototype Running mySAP.com at Preussag Systemhaus GmbH ROUND ROCK, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 17, 2000--Dell(tm) (Nasdaq:DELL - news), a world leader in Internet commerce and infrastructure computing, today announced that it is the first server vendor to showcase 64-bit enterprise applications running in a real world environment on the Linux operating system. The Preussag Systemhaus GmbH, part of the Preussag Group, a German industrial, logistics and tourism conglomerate -- best known for such brands as Thomas Cook Travel, TUI, HAPAG LLOYD, Minimax and the Wolf Group, is running mySAP.com and IBM DB2 Universal Database on the Linux operating system. The company is testing the capabilities of the Itanium processors and validating the performance, scalability, reliability and security features of this new alternative to expensive RISC-based architectures. The Preussag Group is one of many Dell customers around the world that are currently running Itanium-based PowerEdge(tm) pilot servers in real world environments. ``Dell is working with a wide-range of partners to ensure that a rich set of 64-bit applications are ready when it launches Itanium-based servers early next year,'' said Michael Lambert, senior vice president, Dell Enterprise Systems Group. ``This prototype implementation is a great example of Dell, IBM, SAP's and Intel's ability to collaborate on complex solution development.'' ``We are pleased to be participating in the Dell early adopter program of the Itanium platform,'' said Dipl. Kfm Manfred Klute, general manager, Preussag Systemhaus, GmbH. ``Dell is giving us the opportunity to get to know this new platform, experience its performance level live, and test the Linux operating system.'' ``The Intel® Itanium(tm) architecture with Linux provides a better Linux platform for the e-business solutions on mySAP.com,'' says Christoph Rohland, Development Architect, SAP LinuxLab. ``The collaboration with Dell and the commitment of the Dell engineering for the SAP LinuxLab allows us to deliver a high performance and reliable Itanium processor and Linux e-business environment.'' For more information on Dell's complete line of enterprise servers, go to www.dell.com/poweredge. About Dell Dell Computer Corporation (Nasdaq:DELL - news) is the world's leading direct computer systems company, based on revenues of $28.5 billion for the past four quarters, and is a premier provider of products and services required for customers to build their Internet infrastructures. The company ranks No. 56 on the Fortune 500, No. 154 on the Fortune Global 500 and No. 3 on the Fortune ``most admired'' lists of companies. Dell designs, manufactures and customizes products and services to customer requirements, and offers an extensive selection of software and peripherals. Information on Dell and its products can be obtained on the World Wide Web at www.dell.com. Dell and PowerEdge are trademarks of Dell Computer Corporation. Dell disclaims any proprietary interest in the marks and names of others. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contact: Dell Computer Corporation, Round Rock Media Contacts: Matthew Boucher, 512/725-1751 matthew_boucher@dell.com or Bruce Eric Anderson, 512/723-0975 bruce_anderson@dell.com or Investor Contacts: Lynn Tyson, 512/723-1130 lynn_tyson@dell.com or Robert Williams, 512/728-7570 robert_williams@dell.com