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To: Cirruslvr who wrote (76605)	3/17/1999 4:05:00 PM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Cringe - Re: " and it could be CeBIT 2000 before we see real products." Now there's a GENIUS REMARK ! This IS CeBIT 1999 and EVERYBODY knows Merced isn't out yet ! However, I wouldn't be surprised if some customers received Merced samples not long after they receive K7 samples. What do you think? Paul

To: Cirruslvr who wrote (76605)	3/17/1999 4:12:00 PM
From: Paul Engel	Respond to of 186894

Cringe - Re: "HP and Intel haven't been getting along lately" Does this sound like HP and Intel aren't getting along? HP Reinforces Server Leadership by Announcing Support of Intel Pentium III Xeon Processor and Profusion Chip Set New Eight-way HP NetServer LXr 8500, HP NetServer LH 4 and HP NetServer LXr 8000 Systems to Support Pentium III Xeon 500MHz Processor Your use of the YUK Register for a source of disinformation shows how REALLY SHALLOW your understanding is of the CPU/PC business. Paul {========================} biz.yahoo.com Wednesday March 17, 10:01 am Eastern Time Company Press Release HP Reinforces Server Leadership by Announcing Support of Intel Pentium III Xeon Processor and Profusion Chip Set New Eight-way HP NetServer LXr 8500, HP NetServer LH 4 and HP NetServer LXr 8000 Systems to Support Pentium III Xeon 500MHz Processor PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 17, 1999-- Hewlett-Packard Company today announced plans for the HP NetServer LXr 8500 system, HP's second-generation eight-way server, as well as support of the Intel Pentium® III Xeon 500MHz processor in the HP NetServer LH 4 and LXr 8000 systems. The HP NetServer LXr 8500 system will leverage HP's long-standing enterprise experience and continues in the tradition of the market-leading eight-way server, the HP NetServer LXr Pro8 system. ''The next-generation eight-way HP NetServer LXr 8500 system will build upon HP's leadership in the enterprise and midmarket spaces,'' said Eileen O'Brien, marketing manager of HP's Network Server Division. ''The Intel Pentium III Xeon processor at 500MHz provides the computing power required to drive a reliable and stable environment, adding significant performance to the LH 4 and LXr 8000, and making our eight-way server one of the most advanced Intel-based servers available.'' HP NetServer LXr 8500 System Highlights The HP NetServer LXr 8500 system will match many UNIX® systems by maximizing system uptime and user productivity while making administration and support easier than ever before. The HP NetServer LXr 8500 system will include the following features: -- increased system performance, with scalability and manageability on a par with UNIX systems; -- high-density form-factor (7U height) that allows for five systems in a standard 2-meter rack to maximize floor space; -- architecture-balancing scalability (memory, I/O, processor) and high-end volume building block; and -- standard-availability features, including cluster certification, hot-pluggable PCI and pre-installed HP TopTools Remote Control Card for remote management. Pentium III Xeon Enhances Computing Performance The HP NetServer LXr 8000 and LXr 8500 systems will be available with 512KB, 1MB and 2MB cache sizes. These systems will be suitable for all levels of mission-critical enterprise applications for the data center. Base-model prices for the HP NetServer LXr 8000 system begin at a highly competitive $12,570(1) (estimated U.S. street price) for the 512KB cache model and $19,150(1) (estimated U.S. street price) for the 2MB cache model. Further details on the HP NetServer LXr 8500 system will be available in late spring. The HP NetServer LH 4 system provides great value for entry-level enterprise-server applications. With four-way system configurations beginning at $8,280(1) (U.S. estimated street price), enterprise-level computing becomes affordable. The new HP NetServer LH 4 system 500MHz model will be available with 512KB or 1MB cache sizes and is expected to ship in April. In addition, HP NetServer systems also will support the Pentium III 550MHz processor when it is available. ''The multiprocessing capabilities of the Pentium III Xeon processor provide the building blocks for a wide range of scalable solutions for high-end applications,'' said John Miner, vice president and general manager, Intel Enterprise Server Group. ''HP's NetServer product line takes advantage of these capabilities to deliver an affordable, flexible and scalable solution to address today's business environment.'' About HP NetServer Systems The HP NetServer systems offer high-performing Intel-based server solutions to meet the needs of small and midsize businesses, workgroups, departments and enterprise customers. Gartner Group's recent Datapro user survey(2) ranked HP NetServer systems No. 1 in the PC server category for overall satisfaction, with HP NetServer systems receiving highest scores in the categories of performance, expandability/upgradability, reliability of the hardware, service and support, and total cost of ownership. All HP NetServer systems come equipped with HP TopTools management software and HP OpenView ManageX/SE for NOS and application management, as well as the HP NetServer Navigator, featuring easy-to-use tools to configure, install and manage HP NetServer systems. Additional information on HP NetServer systems can be found at hp.com. About HP Hewlett-Packard Company is a leading global provider of computing, Internet and intranet solutions, services, communications products and measurement solutions, all of which are recognized for excellence in quality and support. HP has 122,800 employees and had revenue of $47.1 billion in its 1998 fiscal year. Information about HP, its products and the company's Year 2000 program can be found on the World Wide Web at hp.com. (1) Actual prices may vary. (2) 1998 User Ratings Survey of PC Servers, December 1998. Pentium is a U.S. registered trademark of Intel Corp. UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group. Contact: Hewlett-Packard Jean Shimoguchi, 408/873-5125 jean_shimoguchi@hp.com or Alexander Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide for HP Michelle Stevens, 415/923-1660 ext. 161 mstevens@alexanderogilvy.com More Quotes and News: Hewlett-Packard Co (NYSE:HWP - news) Related News Categories: computer hardware, computer peripheral, computers, telecom

To: Cirruslvr who wrote (76605)	3/17/1999 4:19:00 PM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Cringe-A-Lot - Re: " HP and Intel haven't been getting along lately," Here's another example - from TODAY's PRESS RELEASES - that shows how dumb you are to believe what you read in the YUK Register. HP Increases Firepower of Popular HP Kayak XU PC Workstations, Announces Availability Of 500MHZ And 550MHZ Pentium III Xeon-based Models These are WORKSTATION products, Cringe ! Pentium III XEON based ! Kinda funny that HP seems to know more about HP's relationship with Intel than the YUK Register knows about HP's relationship with Intel. Kinda makes you CRINGE, doesn't it Cringe? Paul {===========================} Wednesday March 17, 10:01 am Eastern Time Company Press Release HP Increases Firepower of Popular HP Kayak XU PC Workstations, Announces Availability Of 500MHZ And 550MHZ Pentium III Xeon-based Models New HP Kayak XU PC Workstation with State-of-the-art Features Continues to Offer Leading System and Graphics Performance PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 17, 1999-- Hewlett-Packard Company, the worldwide workstation leader (1), today introduced the HP Kayak XU PC Workstation, with Intel's recently announced 500MHz and 550MHz Pentium® III Xeon processors. These systems deliver maximum power into the hands of software developers, design engineers, financial analysts and multimedia authoring professionals, among others. ''HP Kayak XU PC Workstations with Pentium III Xeon processors are optimized for our most demanding customers -- those who need maximum processor and graphics performance,'' said Jean-Charles Miard, general manager for HP Kayak PC Workstations. ''These customers choose HP Kayak PC Workstations because they offer uncompromising performance and outstanding innovations such as HP MaxiLife.'' ''The Intel Pentium III Xeon processors with SIMD extensions deliver increased 3-D graphics performance for HP Kayak PC Workstation customers working on digital-content creation and 3-D mechanical CAD applications,'' said Anand Chandreshekar, general manager of Intel's Workstation Products Group. ''The new HP Kayak PC Workstations with Pentium III Xeon processors deliver new levels of performance, flexibility and versatility to the workstation user.'' The increased performance of the HP Kayak XU PC Workstation with Pentium III Xeon processors provides professionals with the ultimate advantage in OpenGL-based graphics, video, imaging and audio applications. The HP Kayak XU PC Workstations with 500MHz or 550MHz Pentium III Xeon processors feature 10,000 rpm wide Ultra SCSI hard-disk drives, dual-wide Ultra SCSI controllers for optimal use of integrated SCSI and PCI bus bandwidth, and HP FastRAID for hardware disk acceleration. The systems are tailored for a broad range of 2-D and entry-level OpenGL 3-D graphics functions, with a choice of the Matrox Millennium G200 AGP video card, the ELSA Gloria Synergy+ graphics card or the Evans & Sutherland AccelGALAXY graphics subsystem. For customers interested in the industry's most innovative multiple-display technology, the HP Kayak XU PC Workstation also includes the Productiva G100-Quad graphics card from Matrox Graphics to support up to four monitors in a single-PCI-slot graphics board. This advanced, cost-effective visualization environment is ideally suited for professionals in financial trading, graphic arts, network administration and process-flow analysis. All HP Kayak PC Workstations come equipped with a suite of manageability features; a software deployment and recovery tool; HP MaxiLife, an embedded hardware monitoring system; and HP TopTools 4.0, the award-winning and industry-leading desktop management interface (DMI) PC-management software. Configurations, U.S. Pricing and Availability The HP Kayak XU PC Workstation, featuring a 500MHz Pentium III Xeon processor, Matrox Millennium G200 AGP graphics, 128MB ECC SDRAM and a 9.1GB/10,000rpm hard-disk drive, is expected to be available immediately for an estimated U.S. street price of about $4,350(2). Models based on the 550MHz Pentium III processor are expected to be available in April. No. 1 Workstation Vendor in 1998 In 1998, for the second year in a row, HP shipped more systems than any other vendor in the combined worldwide UNIX® system and Windows NT®-based workstation market, according to International Data Corp. (IDC)(1). HP also is No. 1 in branded Windows NT-based workstation shipments. Information about HP Kayak PC Workstations can be found on the World Wide Web at hp.com. Customers can get guidance on selecting their ideal workstations (based on industry or application need) at www.hp.com/go/kayakassistant. About HP Hewlett-Packard Company is a leading global provider of computing, Internet and intranet solutions, services, communications products and measurement solutions, all of which are recognized for excellence in quality and support. HP has 122,800 employees and had revenue of $42.9 billion in its 1997 fiscal year. Information about HP, its products and the company's Year 2000 program can be found on the World Wide Web at hp.com. Note:(1) Based on the IDC Worldwide Workstation Review and Forecast 1998. Note: (2) Actual prices may vary. Pentium is a U.S. registered trademark of Intel Corporation. Microsoft is a U.S. registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group. Windows NT is a U.S. registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Contact: Copithorne & Bellows for HP Isabelle Tadmoury, 617/450-4300 ext. 256 isabelle.tadmoury@cbpr.com Lisa Hahn, 617/450-4300 lisa.hahn@cbpr.com More Quotes and News: Hewlett-Packard Co (NYSE:HWP - news) Related News Categories: computer hardware, computer peripheral, computers, internet

To: Cirruslvr who wrote (76605)	3/17/1999 4:24:00 PM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Cringe - Re: "HP and Intel haven't been getting along lately," For not "getting along lately", why is HP putting out their THIRD press release TODAY on a THIRD HP Product line based on Intel Pentium III Xeons? Hewlett-Packard Company, the worldwide workstation leader,(1) today announced plans to expand its HP VISUALIZE workstation family with a new line of high-performance Windows NT® workstations based on Intel's new 450MHz, 500MHz and 550MHz Pentium® III and Pentium III Xeon processors. The new HP VISUALIZE Personal Workstation family will complement HP's broad line of workstation solutions, which today include the HP VISUALIZE family of UNIX® system workstations, and the industry-leading(1) HP Kayak PC Workstations. Kinda makes you not believe all that crapola you have been believing in the YUK Register. Huh, Cringe ? {==================================} biz.yahoo.com Wednesday March 17, 10:00 am Eastern Time Company Press Release HP to Expand HP Visualize Workstation Family Announces Support for Intel's New Pentium III Xeon Processors PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 17, 1999-- Hewlett-Packard Company, the worldwide workstation leader,(1) today announced plans to expand its HP VISUALIZE workstation family with a new line of high-performance Windows NT® workstations based on Intel's new 450MHz, 500MHz and 550MHz Pentium® III and Pentium III Xeon processors. The new HP VISUALIZE Personal Workstation family will complement HP's broad line of workstation solutions, which today include the HP VISUALIZE family of UNIX® system workstations, and the industry-leading(1) HP Kayak PC Workstations. HP's new system will be part of a technology demonstration at Intel's Pentium III Xeon processor launch to be held today at the Spectrum Gallery in San Francisco, Calif. Using MacNeal-Schwendler's MSC/NASTRAN and MSC/PATRAN, two leading engineering analysis applications that support the Pentium III processor and are performance optimized for the HP VISUALIZE Workstations, Leviton will show how it has increased the performance of its product design process by using the HP VISUALIZE Personal Workstation multiprocessor system with Pentium III Xeon processors. The new workstations -- slated to be unveiled in the next few weeks -- are ideally suited for technical and creative customers whose design work requires superior graphics and application performance in a Windows NT-based environment. ''The Windows NT-based workstation market has evolved into two distinct yet synergistic segments, which are characterized by volume and value-added business models,'' said Patty Azzarello, worldwide marketing manager of HP's Workstation Systems Division. ''While our award-winning HP Kayak PC Workstation family continues to be the market's volume leader, we will soon be unveiling a new HP VISUALIZE Personal Workstation family, which we expect to set the standard for graphics, application performance and system design.'' Today, HP also introduced the HP Kayak XU PC Workstation with Intel's newest 500MHz and 550MHz Pentium III Xeon processors (see today's related announcement). These systems will deliver excellent performance to software developers, design engineers, financial analysts and multimedia authoring professionals. No. 1 Workstation Vendor in 1998 In 1998, for the second year in a row, HP shipped more systems than any other vendor in the combined worldwide UNIX system and Windows NT-based workstation market, according to International Data Corp. (IDC)(1). HP also is No. 1 in branded Windows NT-based workstation shipments)(1). Information about HP VISUALIZE workstations can be found on the World Wide Web at hp.com. Information about HP Kayak PC Workstations can be found on the World Wide Web at hp.com. About HP Hewlett-Packard Company is a leading global provider of computing, Internet and intranet solutions, services, communications products and measurement solutions, all of which are recognized for excellence in quality and support. HP has 122,800 employees and had revenue of $47.1 billion in its 1998 fiscal year. Information about HP, its products and the company's Year 2000 program can be found on the World Wide Web at hp.com. Note: (1) Based on the IDC Worldwide Workstation Review and Forecast 1998. Windows NT is a U.S. registered trademark of Microsoft Corp. Pentium is a U.S. registered trademark of Intel Corp. UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group. Contact: HP Lynn Wehner, 781/221-5163 lynn_wehner@hp.com or Copithorne & Bellows for HP Holly Zmetrovich, 617/450-4300 holly.zmetrovich@cbpr.com More Quotes and News: Hewlett-Packard Co (NYSE:HWP - news) Related News Categories: computer hardware, computer peripheral, computers

To: Cirruslvr who wrote (76605)	3/19/1999 5:03:00 PM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

Cringe - Compaq seems to like Intel's Pentium III Xeons and 8-Way Server Chip set. "Compaq was one of five vendors showing prototype systems here, and the company will be one of the first vendors to launch an eight-way server powered by the new Pentium III Xeon processor, said Tim Golden, director of enterprise server marketing at Compaq's enterprise server group in Houston. "We want to be on stage with Intel launching these things," Golden said. Compaq expects to ship its first eight-way Intel server by the end of the second quarter, said Kimmo Alkio, director of marketing and strategy for the enterprise computing group in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa at Compaq. " You can check out IBM's comments as well. Paul {====================================} infoworld.com Vendors itching to ship eight-way Intel servers By Terho Uimonen and Kristi Essick InfoWorld Electric Posted at 11:36 AM PT, Mar 19, 1999 HANOVER, Germany -- Held back only by Intel's delay in shipping a key chip set, an eager group of major system vendors here at the CeBit exhibition showed off forthcoming servers featuring up to eight Intel processors. Intel is currently putting the final touches to the long-awaited Profusion chip set, which has been delayed by several months. The first eight-way servers built around the chip set are now scheduled to hit the market by mid-year, said Pat Gelsinger, Intel's vice president and general manager of the company's desktop products group. System vendors targeting the enterprise are itching to ship such servers. Compaq was one of five vendors showing prototype systems here, and the company will be one of the first vendors to launch an eight-way server powered by the new Pentium III Xeon processor, said Tim Golden, director of enterprise server marketing at Compaq's enterprise server group in Houston. "We want to be on stage with Intel launching these things," Golden said. Compaq expects to ship its first eight-way Intel server by the end of the second quarter, said Kimmo Alkio, director of marketing and strategy for the enterprise computing group in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa at Compaq. Currently, Compaq holds 57 percent of the four-way Intel server market worldwide, and the company is banking on keeping the majority market share of eight-way systems once they come out, Alkio said. France's Groupe Bull, IBM, NEC of Japan, and Germany's Siemens were the other four vendors to display their forthcoming eight-way Intel server offerings at their booths here. "We will definitely support the eight-way chipset," said Cary Ziter, an IBM spokesman. IBM plans to launch a NetFinity server based on the Profusion architecture by the end of 1999, he said. "We are waiting on Intel," Ziter said. With the Profusion launch in mind, Unix operating system vendor The Santa Cruz Operation (SCO) here Thursday launched the high-end data center edition of its UnixWare 7 for Intel architecture, which officials said will allow enterprise users to enjoy the benefits of a widely available and highly standardized hardware infrastructure. Profusion will allow Microsoft's Windows NT operating system to scale very well, according to Compaq's Golden, but is also a good platform for SCO and Unix as well as the open source Linux operating system. Large enterprise users in North America, however, are not likely to rush to deploy mission-critical systems on NT, or Windows 2000, as the next version of the operating system will be called, said Dan Kusnetzky, director of operating environments and serverware research at International Data Corp. Intel Corp., in Santa Clara, Calif., can be reached at www.intel.com. Terho Uimonen is a correspondent in the Taipei Bureau of the IDG News Service, an InfoWorld affiliate. Kristi Essick is a correspondent in the Paris Bureau of the IDG News Service, an InfoWorld affiliate. Go to the Week's Top News Stories Please direct your comments to InfoWorld Deputy News Editor, Carolyn April Copyright © 1999 InfoWorld Media Group Inc. InfoWorld Electric is a member of IDG.net