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To: Jules B. Garfunkel who wrote (38419)	10/30/1997 1:43:00 PM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

Jules - Re: "And Merced is Big Silicon." Don't you think that IBM realizes this?" Of course they do. IBM has already announceed they are porting their Crown Jewel DB2 product to Intel's IA64 architecture. Paul {===============================================} Tuesday October 14 1:58 PM EDT Company Press Release IBM Products to Support Intel's IA-64 Architecture SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 14, 1997--At the Microprocessor Forum, IBM(a) today announced plans to support Intel's upcoming IA-64 processor family, the first of which is code-named Merced(b), with its new DB2(a) Universal Database software, IBM Netfinity(a) PC server and IBM IntelliStation(a) NT(b) workstations. Speaking on a panel at the Microprocessor Forum, Trey Smith, chief technology officer of the IBM PC Company, said, ''We have committed significant resources to work on optimized system implementations for Intel's 64-bit architecture. The future addition of Merced technology to our IBM Netfinity and IBM IntelliStation product lines will allow us to deliver the unprecedented power and scalability for PC technology that customers will require as they move into the 21st century.'' IBM will work to have its powerful DB2 Universal Database on Microsoft's 64-bit Windows NT operating system in production on Merced-based processor systems when they become available in the next several years. IBM also plans to incorporate the IA-64 processor in its IBM IntelliStation and in the recently-announced IBM Netfinity line of PC server products, on which DB2 software can reside. Server platforms based on Intel's SHV (Standard High Volume) architecture are one of the fastest growing segments of IBM's DB2 business. Enterprise customers today are demanding increased capacity and high performance from database systems using Intel architecture-based servers. Janet Perna, general manager, data management, IBM Software Solutions, added, ''IBM has long been a leader in performance, scalability and reliability with DB2. IA-64 architecture will become a key technology for future database systems in the enterprise. Our plan to optimize DB2 Universal Database for Intel's IA-64 architecture demonstrates our continued commitment to providing outstanding performance for customers conducting business on the World Wide Web.''