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To: Larry Loeb who wrote (28209)	7/13/1998 4:50:00 PM
From: Paul Engel	Respond to of 33344

Larry - Re: "So which of the products is more advanced? StrongARM or ARM 7" I assume you mean ARM7TDMI. From a technology standpoint, yes. From a PRODUCT standpoint, the StrongARM IS a product. You can buy it today, as the following indicates: {=============================} infoworld.com Mylex to announce high-end RAID controllers By David Pendery InfoWorld Electric Posted at 4:56 PM PT, Jun 19, 1998 Mylex will announce on Monday a new product line, eXtremeRAID storage controller cards. eXtremeRAID incorporates a 233-MHz Intel StrongARM RISC processor, a 64-bit PCI bus that increases maximum throughput to 266MBps, Ultra 2 SCSI buses, and new Mylex controlling firmware. The product will surpass Mylex's current DACPJM line of high-end RAID controllers. The controllers in the new line each support as much as 810GB of storage capacity. Hot Plug PCI and I2O standards are now supported, with Fibre Channel to be introduced in products released in the first quarter of 1999, said Greg Brashier, Mylex vice president of marketing. The eXtreme RAID units can be used with Microsoft, Novell, and SCO clustering software. The boards are supported with Mylex's MORE and Global Array Manager controlling, management, and configuration software utilities. The management consoles can be used remotely via the Internet. Analysts praised the high-performance RAID line. "They've really lit a fire under the compute capability," said Robert Gray, research manager of storage systems at International Data Corp., in Framingham, Mass. "The [StrongARM] chip is widely regarded as the best-cost-performance compute engine for embedded applications," Gray said. John Webster, director of enterprise and storage systems for the Yankee Group, in Boston, also said the product would function well within current industry trends. "The point of these will be to put them into servers used as consolidation platforms," Webster said. "Mylex is moving in the right direction this way." The first product in the eXtremeRAID family, eXtremeRAID 1100, has entered beta testing and will ship to OEM customers in August. The product will ship to distribution customers in the fourth quarter of 1998. Pricing has not yet been established, but will range from $1,000 to $2,000 according to configuration, Brashier said. Mylex Corp., in Fremont, Calif., is at mylex.com or (510) 796-6100. David Pendery is a reporter for InfoWorld. {===========================} Paul