Data General Delivers Greater Speed and Scalability With the New Intel Pentium III Xeon Processor At 700 MHz.Business/Technology Editors WESTBORO, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 22, 2000 Introduces AViiON 8950 High Availability Also called "RAS" (reliability, availability, serviceability) or "fault resilient," it refers to a multiprocessing system that can quickly recover from a failure. There may be a minute or two of downtime while one system switches over to another, but processing will continue. , High-End Server for Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. and Windows 2000 Data General, a Division of EMC Corporation EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) is an American Fortune 500 and S&P 500 manufacturer of software and systems for information management and storage. It is headquartered in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, USA. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :EMC (1) (EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA, www.emc.com) The leading supplier of storage products for midrange computers and mainframes. Founded in 1979 by Richard J. Egan and Roger Marino, EMC has developed advanced storage and retrieval technologies for the world's largest companies. ), today enhanced its high-availability, high-end Windows NT and Windows 2000 server line with the Intel(R) Pentium(R) III Xeon(TM) processor 700 MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. and the immediate availability of the Data General AV 8950 high-end server. "Data General continues to deliver complete solutions and leading technologies to our customers, ensuring that their business-critical needs are met. The addition of the AV 8950 and the utilization of the newest Intel processor further strengthens our portfolio of proven, high availability, consolidation solutions," said Steve Aucoin, director of hardware product marketing of Data General, a Division of EMC Corporation. The enhancement of Data General's high-availability, high-end server line with the Intel Pentium III The successor to the Pentium II from Intel. Introduced in the spring of 1999 at 500 MHz, the Pentium III architecture was similar to the Pentium II with the addition of 70 new instructions optimized for multimedia (see SSE). Xeon processor 700 MHz offers customers heightened speed and access to data, improved enterprise-level scalability and a foundation for leveraging Data General's high availability and In-A-Box solutions. The Intel Pentium III Xeon processor 700 MHz will be available in Data General's most popular mid-range 4-way systems and the powerful NUMA-based UNIX servers, this summer. "Intel's new Intel Pentium III Xeon processor 700 MHz combined with Data General's server products is an excellent example of a solution that presents high performance, availability and scalability to customers," added Anthony Ambrose, Director of Product Marketing for Intel's Enterprise Platform Group. The AV 8950 High-End Server The AV 8950 incorporates the latest Intel Profusion(R) chipset, supporting up to eight Intel Pentium III Xeon processors 700 MHz, each with up to 2MB of L2 cache (Level 2 cache) A memory bank built into the CPU chip, packaged within the same module or built on the motherboard. The L2 cache feeds the L1 cache, and its memory is slower than L1 memory. The L2 cache feeds the L1 cache, which feeds the processor. , and up to 16 GB of ECC-protected memory in a 7U (12-inch) rackmounted chassis. The AV 8950 has ten 64-bit hot plug PCI slots including four 66MHz slots. Internal storage includes DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. , floppy and 2 hot-swap disk bays, plus support for full fibre EMC CLARiiON(TM) external storage. The server is also packaged as a part of Data General's pre-configured and pre-tested backup and replicator See port replicator. replicator - Any construct that acts to produce copies of itself; this could be a living organism, an idea (see meme), a program (see quine, worm, wabbit, fork bomb, and virus), a pattern in a cellular automaton (see life), or (speculatively) a robot or solutions and Cluster-In-A-Box(R) solutions, which feature DG/Manage Suite(TM) server management software and DG/RackManager(TM) for centralized control 1. In air defense, the control mode whereby a higher echelon makes direct target assignments to fire units. 2. In joint air operations, placing within one commander the responsibility and authority for planning, directing, and coordinating a military operation or group/category of and systems management. The AV 8950 is an ideal platform for running large Windows NT and Windows 2000 database applications with Oracle and SQL SQL in full Structured Query Language. Computer programming language used for retrieving records or parts of records in databases and performing various calculations before displaying the results. or for consolidating many smaller servers into a centralized location. About Data General Data General, a Division of EMC, is a major supplier of consolidated computing solutions for customers worldwide. The division's products include Microsoft Windows See Windows. (operating system) Microsoft Windows - Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then. NT-, Windows 2000- and UNIX-based AViiON(R) servers and related software and services. Strategic alliances with leading software vendors and systems integrators enable Data General to deliver complete solutions that meet customers' business need to simplify, consolidate, and control information technology infrastructures. Additional information on Data General, its products and services is available on the Internet at www.dg.com. More information on EMC Corporation, the world's technology and market leader in the rapidly growing market for intelligent enterprise storage systems, software, networks and services, can be accessed on the Internet at www.emc.com. Editors' Note: See also the Data General press release "DATA GENERAL LAUNCHES COMPREHENSIVE HIGH AVAILABILITY STRATEGY COMBINING SERVERS, SOFTWARE, SERVICES AND EMC STORAGE," issued today, May 22, 2000. Data General, AViiON and Cluster-in-a-Box are registered trademarks, and DG/ManageSuite, DG/RackManager and EMC CLARiiON are trademarks of EMC Corporation. All other brand names and product names referenced in this press release are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. This release contains "forward-looking statements" as defined under the Federal Securities Laws. Actual results could differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements as a result of certain risk factors, including but not limited to: (i) component quality and availability; (ii) delays in the development of new technology and the transition to new products; (iii) competitive factors, including but not limited to pricing pressures, in the computer storage and server markets; (iv) the relative and varying rates of product price and component cost declines; (v) economic trends in various geographic markets and fluctuating currency exchange rates; (vi) deterioration or termination of the agreements with certain of the Company's resellers or OEMs; (vii) the uneven pattern of quarterly sales; (viii) risks associated with strategic investments and acquisitions; (ix) the ability to attract and retain highly qualified employees; and (x) other one-time events and other important factors disclosed previously and from time to time in EMC's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. |
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