NEC Itanium(R)2 Based Express5800 Server Achieves World's Best TPC-C Benchmark Performance Among 8-Processor Intel(R) Architecture Server Platforms.Tokyo, Japan, Jan 20, 2006 - (JCN JCN Japan Corporate News JCN Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience JCN Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing JCN Journal of Christian Nursing JCN Job Control Number JCN Journal of Child Neurology JCN joint communications network (US DoD) Newswire) - 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. Corporation today announced that its Intel(R) Itanium(R)2 processor-based server, Express5800/1160Xe*, has achieved the world's best TPC-C A benchmark that measures overall transaction processing performance. See TPC. benchmark** performance on an 8-processor IA server platform***. The 254,471 transactions per minute (tpmC) was accomplished by using Red Hat(R) Enterprise Linux AS4 for Itanium Processors Family, Oracle(R)Database 10g Enterprise Edition and BEA BEA - Basic programming Environment for interactive-graphical Applications, from Siemens-Nixdorf. (R)Tuxedo(R) 8.1. This also represents the best TPC-C benchmark performance on an 8-processor Linux server platform***. TPC-C is an industry-standard benchmark for measuring a system's processing performance based on an enterprise transaction model for handling orders. This outstanding performance was accomplished by leveraging NEC's high performance cross-bar switching technology, which supports up to over 100GB/s aggregated throughput, and its unique addressing network technology for high speed cache coherency control. These technologies are both derived from NEC's long experience with supercomputer development. Furthermore, the long term collaboration of product development and performance optimization with many software and middleware companies on server platforms developed by NEC played a significant role in achieving this performance. NEC intends to enhance and expand its line of Intel(R) Itanium(R) 2 processor-based servers and 64bit Linux enterprise solutions with Oracle(R) Database 10g to meet mission-critical business needs for the enterprise market. Performance Results <pre> Throughput 254,471 tpmC Price/Performance $5.32/tpmC Availability Date February 17, 2006 System NEC Express5800/1160Xe Server Processor Intel Itanium2 processors (1.6GHz / 9M L3 cache) The number of processors 8 The number of processor cores 8 The number of processor threads 8 System Memory 256GB OS Red Hat Enterprise Linux Red Hat Enterprise Linux (often abbreviated to RHEL) is a Linux distribution produced by Red Hat and targeted toward the commercial market, including mainframes. Red Hat commits to supporting each version of RHEL for 7 years after its release. AS 4.0 Database Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Transaction Monitor BEA Tuxedo 8.1 Disk Array N EC S2300 Storage Disk Array </pre> Availability The total system under test will be available by February 17, 2006. Server and disk array hardware are available now. * Model name in North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. market corresponding to "NX7700i/3040H-16" model name used in the Japanese market ** TPC-C is an OLTP (OnLine Transaction Processing) See transaction processing and OLCP. OLTP - On-Line Transaction Processing (online transaction processing See transaction processing and OLCP. ) benchmark developed by the Transaction Processing Performance Council Transaction Processing Performance Council (TPC) is a non-profit organization founded in 1985 to define transaction processing and database benchmarks and to disseminate objective, verifiable TPC performance data to the industry. (TPC (Transaction Processing Performance Council, San Francisco, CA, www.tpc.org) An organization devoted to benchmarking transaction processing systems. In order to derive the number of transactions that can be processed in a given time frame, TPC benchmarks measure the total performance of ). The TPC-C benchmark defines a rigorous standard for calculating performance and price/performance measured by transactions per minute (tpmC) and $/tpmC, respectively. *** Results referenced are as of Jan 18 '06. Source http://www.tpc.org/. Note: Information and specifications are subject to change without notice. NEC is a registered trademark of NEC Corporation. Intel and Itanium are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation. TPC Benchmark, TPC-C, tpmC and $/tpmC are trademarks of the Transaction Processing Performance Council. Red Hat is a registered trademark of Red Hat, Inc. Oracle, JD Edwards, and PeopleSoft are registered trademarks of Oracle Corporation and/or its affiliates. BEA and BEA Tuxedo are registered trademarks of BEA Systems, Inc. Linux is a registered trademark or a trademark of Linus Torvalds in the US and other countries. (C)2006 NEC Corporation. All rights reserved. As of January 18, 2006: Source: Transaction Processing Performance Council (TPC). NEC Express 5800/1160 Xe, 254,471 tpmC, $5.32/tpmC, available February 17, 2006. About NEC Corporation NEC Corporation (TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange. TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). : 6701)(NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : NIPNY)(UK: NEC.IL) is one of the world's leading providers of Internet, broadband network, and enterprise business solutions dedicated to meeting the specialized needs of its diverse and global base of customers. Ranked as one of the world's top patent-producing companies, NEC delivers tailored solutions in the key fields of computers, networking, and electron devices by integrating its technical strengths in IT and networks and by providing advanced semiconductor solutions through NEC Electronics Corporation. The NEC Group employs more than 140,000 people worldwide and had net sales of 4,855 billion yen (approx. $45.4 billion) in the fiscal year that ended in March 2005. For additional information, please visit the NEC website at: http://www.nec.com Source: NEC Corporation Copyright [c] 2006 JCN Newswire. All rights reserved. A division of Japan Corporate News Network K.K. |
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