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To: Windsock who wrote (149875)	11/27/2001 3:52:18 PM
From: Paul Engel	Respond to of 186894

Hitachi Ltd. will re-brand and sell Stratus' Intel® Architecture-based fault tolerant servers. The Hitachi HA8000-ft/100D server -- the first in Hitachi's new line of continuously available servers called the HA8000-ft Series -- is a compact, 'load-and-go' server for Microsoft® Windows® 2000 applications where uptime is important. biz.yahoo.com Tuesday November 27, 9:50 am Eastern Time Press Release SOURCE: Stratus Technologies, Inc. Hitachi to Sell Stratus' Fault-Tolerant Servers for Windows 2000 Agreement Broadens Stratus '24-7 Technologies' Implementations MAYNARD, Mass., Nov. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Stratus Technologies, Inc., maker of the world's most reliable server technologies, today announced that Hitachi Ltd. will re-brand and sell Stratus' Intel® Architecture-based fault tolerant servers. The Hitachi HA8000-ft/100D server -- the first in Hitachi's new line of continuously available servers called the HA8000-ft Series -- is a compact, 'load-and-go' server for Microsoft® Windows® 2000 applications where uptime is important. According to the announcement made by Hitachi earlier today in Japan, demand is increasing significantly for high-availability PC servers that can assure 24/7 operation. ``The HA8000-ft/100D is the solution to address these demands by combining fault tolerance and cost effectiveness.'' Stratus was first in the computer industry to develop fault-tolerant technology for Windows 2000 computing. Stratus licenses this technology under the ``24-7 Technologies'' brand, and it offers its own line of Intel-based servers to other high technology firms through OEM agreements. In addition to Hitachi, NEC and Toshiba resell Stratus servers. NEC is also a technology licensee. In a fault-tolerant server design, virtually all single points of failure are eliminated. In the event of a sub-system or component failure, the server continues to operate and the application runs with no interruption, ensuring business continuity. This level of system reliability offered on a low-cost, industry-standard platform became available just this year when Stratus commenced shipments of its ftServer(TM) family, establishing a new category of server products. ``IT budget constraints notwithstanding, any vendor who can offer customers a low-cost system that's simple to deploy and maintain, requires little-to-no internal support to manage, and attacks downtime better than any alternative has a definite competitive advantage today,'' said David Laurello, Stratus senior vice president of Products & Technology. ``For Windows 2000 applications that always need to be available, fault-tolerant technology is the best solution.'' About Stratus Technologies Stratus Technologies, Inc. offers a proven range of continuously available computer platforms, application solutions, professional services, and technologies for mission-critical business operations. Many Stratus customers are highly visible industry leaders such as prominent U.S. securities firms, major credit card companies, the largest stock exchange in Asia, the largest options exchange in the world, and 15 out of the world's 20 largest banks. Stratus Technologies International, S.a r.l., through the 24-7 Technologies Division of Stratus Technologies, Inc., licenses technology for fault tolerance to other companies. The Stratus companies have offices and a comprehensive network of customer service centers worldwide, and 1,130 employees. For more information, visit www.stratus.com. SOURCE: Stratus Technologies, Inc. Email this story - Most-emailed articles - Most-viewed articles -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Related News Categories: computers

To: Windsock who wrote (149875)	11/27/2001 4:11:06 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 186894

"AMD promptly copied Intel's technology, changed the name to Mirrorbit and dropped the claim that multibit was unreliable. " Umm, no. Whatever the exact details of MirrorBit are, it is most emphatically not MLC. This is from their website amd.com Look at this slide from the analyst's conference event.mediaondemand.com It appears to be some sort of contactless (well, reduced number of contacts) technology, closer to Sharp's ACT1, without the performance penalty. Now maybe they get around the performance problems with their page mode access, but it is still a superior technology to StrataFlash. Note this slide event.mediaondemand.com If it is true, then all of Elmer's concerns over AMD being two generations behind might not be a problem... To recap, AMD did not copy Intel, nor have they incurred the problems of MLC in their MirrorBit technology (however, it is a stupid name). PS, sorry about polluting the thread. But there has been so much butt-slapping here over how AMD is falling behind in flash, I had to post. My most abject apologies.