PRO Sponsor Member Hitachi Announces New PA-RISC Workstations and Servers for Japanese Market; Japanese Market to Reap Benefits of Enhanced HP Workstations and Servers.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)--Oct. 2, 1995--A sponsor member of the Precision Risc Organization (PRO) and one of the world's largest electronics and electrical equipment A piece of electrical equipment is a machine, powered by electricity and usually consists of an enclosure, a variety of electrical components and often a power switch. Examples of Electrical Equipment
(operating system) HP-UX - The version of Unix running on Hewlett-Packard workstations. (1) operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. and the most recent, powerful PA-RISC (Precision Architecture-RISC) A proprietary RISC-based CPU architecture from HP that was introduced in 1986. It is the foundation of HP's 3000 and 9000 computer families. See IA-64. (2) chip, the PA-7200 (120 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. ). WORKSTATIONS The two HP workstation products Hitachi intends to license are a high-end, mini-tower model and a high-performance desktop model. The VQ210 and VQ200 high-end, mini-tower models employ the newest and most powerful PA7200 PA-RISC processor. They can both support two processors and realize an industry high performance level of 168/139 SPECint92, 269/222 SPECfp92. Five desktop models are also available which employ the PA-7100LC processor. Each model can be loaded with a maximum of 4 GB of hard disk, Ethernet (10Base5), SCSI-2, and audio features. In addition, Hitachi has developed a small desktop model compatible in the binary level with HP workstations using the PA-7100LC processor. "PA-RISC is an excellent, competitive architecture that can handle the technical innovations that will challenge the RISC field well into the 21st century," said Mr. Kenichi Furumaya, Board Director and General Manager of the Information Systems Group, Hitachi, Ltd. "We are dedicated to increasing the use of PA-RISC, with support from PRO." "This is a perfect example of the power of an organization like PRO where members can complement each other's expertise in their respective technologies," said James G. McCabe, president of PRO. "Hitachi reselling HP products in Japan benefits both companies and provides customers with solutions tuned for their specific needs." SUPPORTS HIGH-SPEED GRAPHICS All of the workstation models come standard with 2D/3D wire frame support. In addition, all workstations come with a graphics library that supports the latest accelerators and graphics systems. These include V ISUALIZE, HCRX-8Z, HCRX-24Z, HRCX-8, HRCX-24, integrated color graphics and an improved graphics library. SUPPORTS LATEST VERSION OF HP-UX HP's latest versions of both HP-UX 10.0 and HP-UX 9.0 run on all models at the binary level. As a result, the 3,000-plus independent software vendor (ISV (Independent Software Vendor) A person or company that develops software. It implies an organization that specializes in software only and is not part of a computer systems or hardware manufacturer. ) applications in the Japanese market seamlessly integrate with the Hitachi 9000 V. In addition, the front end interface for Japanese input and output, and Hitachi's broad range of peripheral equipment and high-speed network adapter connection support functions are included in HP-UX, supplied by Hitachi. The open-systems HP-UX environment and broad range of software applications ported to HP-UX ensures customers investment protection for their current, as well as future, computer purchases. ADOPTION OF INDUSTRY STANDARD BUS In order to maximize the cost performance of common hardware, all models support ESIA ESIA Environmental and Social Impact Assessment ESIA Environmental and Social Impact Analysis and ISA (1) (Instruction Set Architecture) See instruction set. (2) (Interactive Services Association) See Internet Alliance. (3) (Internet Security and Acceleration) See .NET. . Also, high-speed network adapters, such as ATM (155 Mbps), 100 BaseTX, 100VGT-AnyLAN, and FDDI (Fiber Distributed Data Interface) Often pronounced "fiddy," it was a LAN and MAN access method that had its heyday in the mid-1990s. FDDI was an ANSI standard token passing network that transmitted 100 Mbps over optical fiber up to 10 kilometers. are supported to improve communication performance. PERIPHERAL EQUIPMENT A broad range of peripheral equipment, such as DAT (1) (Dynamic Address Translator) A hardware circuit that converts a virtual memory address into a real address. See also DAT file. (2) (Digital Audio Tape) A magnetic tape technology used for backing up data. , CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). , 8mm tape, magnetic optical disk (3.5 and 5.25 inch), printers such as high resolution, high-speed color page printers, and input devices are supported. SERVERS Hitachi intends to resell three-models of wide-range, scalable servers drawing upon the power of HP's PA-RISC microprocessors. The entry-level Model (VE class servers) employs the PA-7100LC processor and comes with a maximum of two hard disks and a maximum of two removable disks such as DAT, CD-ROM, or floppy disk in the system unit. Based on a remote control technology, automatic configuration function, automatic power function and system operation and management are greatly simplified. The mid-range Model, VR class servers, employs the latest and most powerful PA-7200 100MHz processor and can be expanded to a maximum of four processors. The high-end Model, VT server, can be expanded to a maximum of 12 PA-7100 90MHz processors. High-speed processing, such as transaction or batch processing (1) Performing a particular operation automatically on a group of files all at once rather than manually opening, editing and saving one file at a time. For example, graphics software that converts a selection of images from one format to another would be a batch processing utility. , can be easily achieved with this model. All of the servers can construct high-speed networks by using fibre channels and ATMs. The latest version of HP-UX 10.0 is supported, as well as a broad range of software applications. Additional leading-edge software necessary for executing mission critical applications, such as MC/Service-Guard, MC/LockManager and ORACLE Parallel Server A version of the Oracle database system designed for massively parallel processors (MPPs). It allows multiple CPUs to access a single database. (database) Oracle Parallel Server , ensure the high reliability of databases and consistency of data. HITACHI, LTD. Hitachi is developing and marketing PA-RISC technology as part of the company's overall computer and semiconductor business. Since 1989, it has been committed to supplying a diverse product line based on PA-RISC, ranging from small, low-cost laptop systems to large, high-performance, multi-processor systems. Hitachi is also developing its own embedded-control version of the PA-RISC chip. Hitachi, Ltd., one of the world's largest electronics and electrical equipment manufacturers, has operations that extend to computer, semiconductors, consumer products, power-generating equipment and industrial machinery. The company is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. PRECISION RISC ORGANIZATION The Precision Risc Organization, formed in 1992, is a group of leading global companies from key market segments of the computer industry united by the common mission of meeting business needs by advancing products based on PA-RISC. These products range from PA-RISC computer systems and applications to embedded control products and tools. PRO members include Allegro Consultants, CS (France), Convex Computer Corp., CPI (1) (Characters Per Inch) The measurement of the density of characters per inch on tape or paper. A printer's CPI button switches character pitch. (2) (Counts Per I Inc., Hewlett-Packard Company, Hitachi, Ltd., Information Builders, Inc., Innovus, Inc., Interex Corp., Kelly Computers, Inc., Mitsubishi Electric Corp., 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, OKI Electric Industry Co., Oracle Corp., Rational Software Corp., Samsung Electronics Co., Stratus Computer, Inc., Winbond Electronics Corp., Wind River Systems, Inc., and Yokogawa Electric Corp. PRO has headquarters at 19111 Pruneridge Ave., Cupertino, Calif., (U.S.A.). For more information, call (408) 447-4249 or fax (408) 447-7568. -0- Note to Editors: HP-UX 9.X and 10.0 for HP 9000 Series 700 and 800 computers are X/Open(tm) Company 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). 93 branded products. X/Open is a trademark of X/Open Company Limited in the UK and other countries. UNIX is a registered trademark in the United States and other countries, licensed exclusively through X/Open Company Limited. PA-RISC stands for Precision Architecture-reduced-instruction-set computing. CONTACT: Hewlett-Packard Co. Holly Duncan, 408/447-1665 |
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