NEC introduces Intel`s new 64-bit Itanium processor-based high-performance serversTokyo 12 June 2001 NEC Corporation has announced the sale of two lines of high-performance servers, the Express5800/1000 Series and the TX7/AzusA Series, equipped with up to 16 CPUs of Intel`s new 64-bit Itanium processors. Both series of servers will be marketed only in Japan. In Europe the Express 5800/1000 series will be offered by NEC European Supercomputers Systems as a component of integrated High Performance Computing Solutions in combination with NEC`s SX series supercomputers.
NEC`s Express5800/1000 Series servers are based on Linux or Windows server - codename: Whistler, and it is the highest class of existing Express5800 product line. NEC initially targets customers in the science and technology areas, who can take advantage of Itanium processor`s high performance in scientific and technological calculation and a variety of software available for it. As the number of software for other fields increases NEC will expands its sales effort to other areas. The TX7/AzusA Series is a new family of TX7 technical servers based on HP-UX operating system and NEC targets sales in the technical and science areas. For business areas of computing, NEC will continue to enhance the existing NX 7000 Series based on PA-RISC.
The world class high-performance is achieved by combining Intel`s new 64bit CPU with NEC`s expertise used in supercomputer and mainframe computers such as cross-bar switch and high-speed access technology. The NEC server reached the highest performance level in the16-CPU scalar HPC server category: LINPACK HPC 32GFLOPS. It also provides higher scalability, employing up to 16 processors and maximum of 128 PCI slots for connecting peripherals and network equipment.
The server system has a partitioning function, which divides the system into subsystems and makes each subsystem work independently. Because the 16-CPU version can be divided into four subsystems with four CPUs each, flexible system configuration is possible such as allocating the number of processor to each subsystem depending on the condition of each subsystem`s workload.
NEC expects the shipment of the Itanium based products will be 500 units until fiscal year 2001, ending March 2002. Due to the rapid growth of the Internet and e-commerce, and for systems that require vast amount of data processing such as large-scale simulation, the demand for high-performance servers with high memory capacity and high processing speed is increasing. NEC`s new products address the new demands. In the future, NEC plans to expand the line of Itanium processor-based servers and include low-end models and workstations.
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