|
+ HP TO DEBUT PA-8200 IN V SERIES
Hewlett-Packard Co is preparing a new range of high-end V
Series symmetrical multiprocessing systems using its PA-8200
RISC chip, according to our sister newsletter Unigram.X. The
servers are due in April, at the same time as the expected T600
data center servers using the PA-8000 (CI No 3,105). It's
unclear yet as to whether the V Series systems, described as
mainframe alternatives suitable for high end online transaction
processing and very large database applications, will come out
through Hewlett- Packard's commercial server group or through
its Convex Computer Corp subsidiary. The V series is being
positioned as the vehicle for getting to Merced, Intel Corp's
next-generation 64-bit processor. Convex's current Exemplar X
and S series units aren't expected to be upgradable to Merced.
The V Series will run the 64-bit 11.0 version of HP-UX, the
company's first foray into 64- bit Unix, and it will be able to
run today's 32-bit applications as well. The boxes are expected
to perform five times faster than the commercial T Series,
although not in their first iterations. Last June
Hewlett-Packard was saying it would be about a year before the
Convex technology would find its way into commercial systems
(CI No 2,943). The 220MHz PA-8200 is the second member of the
64-bit Precision Architecture RISC 2.0 family, which can be
supplemented with 2Mb SRAM off-chip cache. The chip has a
benchmarked performance rating of 15.5 SPECint95 and 25
SPECfp95.
|
| Re: -.1 Yup, noted that topic soon after entering the 8500 thing. And yes,
Unigram ignored the fact that 8500 is pretty distant future.
HP is clearly fighting against EV6, as they have informed local
press that "HP-PA will be faster than fastest Alpha this spring,
soon after EV6 is out HP will bring significantly faster 8500
than fastest EV6...".
So, at least we have awaken HP ;-)
|