Egenera Leads the Industry with the Most Comprehensive Array of High-End Processing Blade Configurations.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers MARLBORO Marlboro or Marlborough (märl`bərō), city (1990 pop. 31,813), Middlesex co., E Mass.; settled on the site of a Native American village 1657, inc. as a city 1890. , Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 6, 2003 Company Announces Two-way Processing Blade Based on the Intel Xeon Processor 3.20 GHz Egenera Inc., the leader in next-generation datacenter infrastructure, today introduced the newest addition to its broad line of high-end Processing Blade(TM) configurations: a two-way blade leveraging the Intel(R) Xeon(TM) processor 3.20 GHz, also announced today. "Egenera offers the most complete line of Processing Blade options for the enterprise," said Susan Davis Susan A. Davis (born April 13, 1944), is an American politician who has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 2001, representing California's 53rd congressional district (map). , vice president of product marketing and management at Egenera. "We continue to be first to market with the high end of Intel's two-way and four-way product lines, enabling our customers to run critical applications that require powerful processors and lots of memory. Unlike offerings from other vendors, Egenera's BladeFrame(R) system is designed to run the most mission-critical, back-end, enterprise applications. Moreover, while other vendors talk about enabling utility computing in the future, Egenera customers have had this capability for more than 18 months." Egenera's market-leading portfolio of high-end Processing Blade configurations includes: Four-way SMP (Symmetric MultiProcessing) A multiprocessing architecture in which multiple CPUs, residing in one cabinet, share the same memory. SMP systems provide scalability. As business increases, additional CPUs can be added to absorb the increased transaction volume. -- Intel Xeon processor MP 2.80 GHz with 12 GB ECC (1) (Error-Correcting Code) A type of memory that corrects errors on the fly. See ECC memory. (2) (Elliptic Curve Cryptography) A public key cryptography method that provides fast decryption and digital signature processing. DDR (Double Data Rate) Refers to an SDRAM memory chip that increases performance by doubling the effective data rate of the frontside bus. For more details, see SDRAM. DDR - Double Data Rate Random Access Memory Chipkill(TM) memory -- Intel Xeon processor MP 2 GHz with 12 GB ECC DDR Chipkill memory -- Intel Xeon processor MP 2 GHz with 8 GB ECC DDR Chipkill memory Two-way SMP -- Intel Xeon processor 3.20 GHz with 6 GB ECC DDR Chipkill memory -- Intel Xeon processor 3.06 GHz with 2 or 6 GB ECC DDR Chipkill memory and 533 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. FSB (FrontSide Bus) See system bus. FSB - front side bus -- Intel Xeon processor 2.80 GHz with 12 GB ECC DDR Chipkill memory -- Intel Xeon processor 2.40 GHz with 2 or 6 GB ECC DDR Chipkill memory and 533 MHz FSB The Intel Xeon processor 3.20 GHz provides Intel's highest frequency for dual-processor servers, offering the best results for multi-threaded applications and multi-tasking environments. The Intel NetBurst(TM) micro-architecture enhances bandwidth, throughput and thread-level parallelism to further accelerate performance. Increased reliability means less system downtime, while increased scalability provides the headroom necessary for business growth. The Egenera BladeFrame System The Egenera BladeFrame, with its Processing Area Network (PAN) architecture, assembles purpose-built hardware and virtualization An umbrella term for enhancing a computer's ability to do work. Following are the ways virtualization is used. Hardware Virtualization Partitioning the computer's memory into separate and isolated "virtual machines" simulates multiple machines within one physical computer. software in a fully integrated computing platform that enables enterprise-class datacenters to lower total cost of ownership and achieve sustainable competitive advantage. The system combines the scalability of server blades and the price/performance of commodity components with mainframe-class functionality, enabling customers to leverage Linux(R) and Microsoft(R) Windows(R) for mission-critical applications. The BladeFrame creates a pool of up to 96 server-class Intel processors on 24 Egenera Processing Blade resources that are deployed and managed entirely through Egenera PAN Manager(TM) software. Processing power can be dynamically increased, decreased and reallocated to support new applications or accommodate variable demand on existing applications without purchasing, installing or managing incremental equipment. About Egenera Inc. Egenera's breakthrough virtualization technology optimizes the use of network, compute and storage resources to enable the next-generation utility datacenter. The Company's Egenera BladeFrame system leads the industry in both server blade technology and virtualization software by enabling datacenters to run any application, on any resource, at any time, automatically. Today, BladeFrames are installed at marquee customers worldwide, including more than half of the world's largest investment banks, major Internet service providers Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. , telecommunications companies, healthcare providers and government agencies. A world-class service and support organization ensures customer satisfaction. Moreover, the Company has assembled a senior management team and engineering staff with an average 20-plus years' experience. Relationships with Microsoft, Intel, BEA Systems, 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. , Itochu Techno-Science Corporation (CTC CTC - Cornell Theory Center ), Oracle, Red Hat and Veritas, among others, further strengthen the value proposition. Headquartered in Marlboro, Mass., Egenera has offices in Atlanta, Chicago, Hong Kong, Kansas City, London, New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , San Francisco, Tokyo, Toronto and Washington D.C. For details, visit www.egenera.com, send email to info@egenera.com or call 508-858-2600. Egenera, Egenera stylized styl·ize tr.v. styl·ized, styl·iz·ing, styl·iz·es 1. To restrict or make conform to a particular style. 2. To represent conventionally; conventionalize. logos, BladeFrame, PAN Manager and Processing Blade are trademarks or registered trademarks of Egenera, Inc., in the United States and/or other countries. Chipkill is a trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. Intel is a registered trademark and NetBurst and Xeon are trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. Microsoft and Windows are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. All other company and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. 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