Reliance Upgrades ServerSet III Technology to 133 MHz.SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 28, 1999-- Reliance Computer Corporation, the leading independent supplier of high-performance core logic for Intel(R)-based servers, today announced that it has upgraded its ServerSet(TM) III LE to support the 133 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. system bus featured in Intel's latest Pentium(R) III processors, formerly known as "Coppermine" and "Cascades." The new version of the chipset includes support for two 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). processors, PC133 SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) A type of dynamic RAM (DRAM) memory chip that has been widely used since the late 1990s. SDRAM chips eliminated wait states by dividing the chip into two cell blocks and interleaving data between them. , and a 64-bit PCI bus capability. Reliance has already commenced shipments of the 133 MHz version of its ServerSet III LE core logic chipset. The company is the only supplier to offer support for dual Pentium III or Pentium III Xeon(TM) processors on a 133 MHz system bus, with up to 4GB of PC133 SDRAM memory and a 64-bit PCI bus capability. The modular design of the ServerSet III LE allows system suppliers to combine two ServerSet III LE chipsets in configurations that include up to four Pentium III processors, four PCI buses (in various combinations of 32-bit, 64-bit, 33 MHz and 66 MHz operation), and 4GB of error-correcting PC133 SDRAM memory. The Dell(R) PowerEdge(R) 2400 server, introduced this week, is the first system based on the 133 MHz version of the ServerSet III LE to reach the market. It supports two Pentium III processors, 64-bit PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). , and up to 2 GB of PC133 main memory, a previously unattainable configuration in systems with entry prices below $5,000. "Dell's development strategy focuses on delivering high quality, open standard technology that is relevant in value and price to our customers' business needs," said Russ Holt, vice president and general manager of departmental and workgroup servers for Dell's Enterprise Systems Group. "The combination of the new Intel Pentium III processors at speeds of 533 MHz to 667 MHz and the Reliance ServerSet III LE core logic, gives the PowerEdge 2400 workgroup server strong performance and scalability for applications, databases, and file/print." About Reliance Reliance Computer Corp., the world's leading independent supplier of high-performance core logic for Intel-based servers, has delivered more than two million ServerSet chipsets since its inception in 1995. Its recently introduced ServerSet(TM) III architecture allows Original Equipment Manufacturers to address a wide range of market requirements with a single family of compatible core logic devices. Reliance products form the basis for entry-level and mid-range servers offered by top-tier server suppliers, including Compaq Computer, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Dell and 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. . Privately held Reliance is based in Santa Clara, Calif. Dell, PowerEdge is a registered trademark of Dell Computer Corporation (company) Dell Computer Corporation - One of the biggest US manufacturers of IBM PC compatibles. "From notebooks to networks", their slogan says. http://us.dell.com. . Intel and Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel Corp. Xeon is a trademark of Intel Corp. ServerSet is a trademark of Reliance Computer Corporation. |
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