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To: Pigboy who wrote (55056)	5/3/1998 8:15:00 PM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 186894

Pigboy - Re: "why would someone like CPQ see any value into something they might be able to do themselves (ie. big enterprise servers based on the same chip, and even software)? Should I assume NUMA with Merced is the huge difficulty?" Yes for NUMA-Q. Moreover, Sequent has an installed base of Corporate Customers using their (Sequent's) transaction servers. This installed base, and application software, provide an easy entry point for Compaq should they decide to purchase Sequent. This all speculation on my part, but I would guess that some larger will go after Sequent in the not too distant future. Paul

To: Pigboy who wrote (55056)	5/5/1998 2:36:00 PM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Pigboy - Re: Sequent and Intel Architecture Enhancements Here is another example of Sequent's NUMA-Q/Dynix enhancements. If anybody out there needs 64 Gigabytes of DATA for your applications, you might find this interesting! Paul {========================================} biz.yahoo.com Tuesday May 5, 9:03 am Eastern Time Company Press Release Sequent's NUMA-Q is First Intel-Based Platform to Support Oracle8 Very Large Memory Increases Throughput and Response Times BEAVERTON, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 5, 1998 Technology Co-Developed by Oracle and Sequent Breaks 32-Bit Memory Barrier Sequent Computer Systems, Inc. announced today that its NUMA-Q(TM) 2000 data center server is the first Intel(R)-based platform to support Oracle8(tm)'s VLM (Very Large Memory) capability, delivering dramatic improvement in throughput and response times. A co-development effort between Oracle and Sequent resulted in the Extended Cache feature of the recently released version of Oracle8 Enterprise Edition Server, Version 8.0.4, for Sequent's DYNIX/ptx(R) 4.4 UNIX operating system. With Extended Cache on Sequent, users can break through the virtual address space boundaries inherent within 32-bit architectures. All 32-bit systems have a limit at 4 gigabytes (GB) of addressable memory space, which can have a direct impact on performance of applications that demand high throughput. With no more than 4 GB of addressable memory, large OLTP applications can become disk-bound as servers spend more time and power getting data off disk versus memory. This leads to slower throughput, performance and response times. The additional memory provided by Extended Cache solves these issues. Extended Cache relies on Virtually Windowed Shared Memory, a feature of Sequent's DYNIX/ptx operating system. Oracle's Extended Cache supports large buffer caches in the 64 gigabyte range. Storing data in memory, or cache, benefits users who need to access the same data frequently rather than having to wait for cumbersome physical I/O requests. With Extended Cache, NUMA-Q's Intel-based processors can more efficiently process data used by mission-critical OLTP applications. ''Oracle's VLM running on NUMA-Q is an excellent example of our ongoing engineering work with Oracle to bring customers new levels of processing power and a clear path to Merced 64-bit computing,'' said Jeff Pancottine, Vice President Marketing, Sequent Computer Systems. ''With NUMA's unique 64-bit capabilities today, users can take full advantage of large memory to realize significant increases in OLTP performance.'' ''Sequent's NUMA-Q, an innovative, high-performance implementation of NUMA, has allowed Oracle to implement the extended cache functionality to exploit VLM,'' said Kevin Walsh, Vice President, Intel Technologies Division, Oracle Corporation [Nasdaq:ORCL - news]. ''Our engineering teams have worked together to develop a breakthrough technology that allows our customers to transcend the 32-bit barrier to meet their growing business requirements.'' About Sequent Computer Systems, Inc. Sequent Computer Systems (Nasdaq:SQNT - news), the leader in Intel-based systems for the data center, is committed to the success of its end-user and system integrator customers. Sequent's platform architectures and services are optimized for the scalability, availability and manageability requirements of corporate and institutional data center environments leveraging industry-standard technologies and best-in-class partnerships. Sequent was the world's fastest-growing server vendor between $100K and $1M in 1997 on the strength of NUMA-Q 2000, and has been the number one vendor of high-end UNIX servers in the UK for the past seven years, according to IDC. Sequent supports more than 10,000 installations worldwide, including many of the world's largest and most sophisticated OLTP, DSS, business communications, and RDBMS applications. Sequent and DYNIX/ptx are registered trademarks and NUMA-Q is a trademark of Sequent Computer Systems, Inc. Oracle is a registered trademark, and Oracle8 is a trademark or registered trademark of Oracle Corporation. All brand and product names appearing in this release are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective holders. Contact: Sequent Computer Systems, Inc. Chris McManus, 415/778-5225 chrismcm@sequent.com businesswire.com More Quotes and News: Oracle Corp (Nasdaq:ORCL - news) Sequent Computer Systems Inc (Nasdaq:SQNT - news) Related News Categories: computer hardware, computers, software