HP First to Run Oracle Database on IA-64 Simulator; Leading Enterprise Database and Application Provider Demonstrated on HP-UX-based IA-64 Simulator.PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 8, 1999-- Hewlett-Packard Company today announced it is the first to run Oracle(R) database on an IA-64 (Intel Architecture, 64-bit) simulator (1) Software that enables the execution of an application written for a different computer environment. Same as emulator. (2) Software that models the interactions of hypothetical or real-world objects or business processes. . HP's IA-64 simulator, which has run HP-UX HP's version of Unix that runs on its 9000 family. It is based on SVID and incorporates features from BSD Unix along with several HP innovations. (operating system) HP-UX - The version of Unix running on Hewlett-Packard workstations. (1) since early 1997, enables testing and application optimization optimization Field of applied mathematics whose principles and methods are used to solve quantitative problems in disciplines including physics, biology, engineering, and economics. for greater overall system performance. By successfully running the Oracle database on its simulator, HP continues to lead industry momentum for IA-64 while preparing its customers for the next wave of computing computing - computer . HP demonstrated this latest milestone at a meeting of its enterprise platform partners, including Hitachi, Mitsubishi, NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. , Oki and Ascend Communications. Additionally, HP demonstrated ME10, a leading CAD (Computer Aided Design (application) Computer Aided Design - (CAD) The part of CAE concerning the drawing or physical layout steps of engineering design. Often found in the phrase "CAD/CAM" for ".. manufacturing". ) application as well as X/Motif, a standard user interface for UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). (R) system workstations. "Oracle's database is an undisputed leader in large corporate enterprises," said Jim Davis, general manager for HP's IA-64 program. "As the first company to run Oracle software on an IA-64 simulator, HP is maintaining the lead in preparing our customers and the industry for IA-64." "We're pleased to be the first to achieve this milestone with HP," said Gary Bloom bloom 1. the general appearance of the surface. In carcass meat it is the glistening, transparent effect and the gentle pink color that gives a good bloom to the carcass. It is the result of proper tissue hydration coupled with the correct proportions of fat, connective tissue and , executive vice president, Oracle. "We are committed to optimizing Oracle 8i -- the database for the Internet -- on HP's IA-64 platform to deliver the performance and scalability needed to run high-end applications for the biggest enterprises in the world." HP's Advantage: Optimized Performance and Ease of Implementation As Intel's exclusive partner in co-developing EPIC (Explicitly Parallel Instruction Computing Explicitly Parallel Instruction Computing (EPIC) is a computing paradigm that began to be researched in the early 1980s resulting in a U.S. patent 4,847,755 (Gordon Morrison, et. al).[1] This paradigm is also called Independence architectures. ), the foundation for IA-64, HP has unmatched insight on the technology. This knowledge enables HP to easily optimize optimize - optimisation software and system architectures to best utilize IA-64. Ultimately, HP's customers will enjoy enhanced performance on IA-64 systems due to this system-level optimization. Other examples of HP's leadership and innovation on IA-64 include the following: -0-
-- HP-UX 11, shipping since November 1997, is a 64-bit, IA-64-ready
mission-critical operating environment. Customers with
applications on HP-UX will enjoy full IA-64 binary compatibility
without changing or porting their applications. HP-UX was the
first operating environment to run on HP's IA-64 simulator (early
1997).
-- HP's chipsets, the technology uniting microprocessors, memory and
IO, are designed specifically for IA-64. Chipsets are an
important factor in overall system performance, and HP combined
its knowledge of EPIC with its experience in mission-critical
computing to ensure that its IA-64 chipsets are unmatched. HP
demonstrated the first IA-64 chipset and system bus in October
1998.
-- HP Labs has been developing EPIC compilers since 1989 through the
company's Compiler and Architecture Research (CAR) group.
Compilers use access to architectural information and control
over processor execution to expose, exploit and enhance
opportunities for parallelism within an application, extracting
maximum performance from EPIC/IA-64 systems.
-- For those customers with large amounts of custom code or complex
environments, HP has multiple IA-64 transition services in place,
including Designing the Future, a worldwide information service
for IA-64 software developers; IA-64 early-planning services,
HP's IA-64 transition consulting program; and HP's IA-64 Software
Development Kit (SDK) and Transition Toolkit, available on HP's
Web site.
-0- 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 http://www.hp.com. (1) HP-UX Release 10.20 and later and HP-UX Release 11.00 and later (in both 32- and 64-bit configurations) on all HP 9000 computers are Open Group UNIX 95 branded products. Note to Editors: UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group. Oracle is a registered U.S. trademark of Oracle Corporation, Redwood City, California Redwood City is a suburb located on the San Francisco Peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. Redwood City is the county seat of San Mateo County. As of the 2005 census, the city had a total population of 76,000. . |
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