Reuters Explores Intel's New Pentium 4 Processor for Faster, Better Service; Increased Processing Power Promises Enhanced Efficiency for Reuters Clients.Business & High Tech Editors SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--August 28, 2001 Reuters (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 : RTRSY), the global information, news and technology group, has demonstrated significant performance enhancements to its leading U.S. equity information services See Information Systems. at the Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 Processor 2 GHz Launch a part of the Intel Developer Forum Intel Developer Forum (IDF), is a twice yearly gathering of technologists to discuss Intel products and products based around Intel products. The first IDF was in 1997. There is usually a Spring IDF and a Fall IDF. Fall 2001 conference held this week in San Jose, California San Jose (IPA: /ˌsænhoʊˈzeɪ/) is the third-largest city in California, and the tenth-largest in the United States. It is the county seat of Santa Clara County. . This milestone is the latest in a long history of successful collaboration between Reuters and Intel Corporation (company) Intel Corporation - A US microelectronics manufacturer. They produced the Intel 4004, Intel 8080, Intel 8086, Intel 80186, Intel 80286, Intel 80386, Intel 486 and Pentium microprocessor families as well as many other integrated circuits and personal computer networking (NASDAQ: INTC INTC Intel (NASDAQ symbol) INTC Intercept INTC Interrupt Controller ). Reuters demonstrated the combined strengths of its U.S. equity information desktop application, Reuters Plus, with the power of Intel's new Pentium 4 architecture. The combination provides the opportunity for Reuters financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. customers to experience improved performance in accessing, comparing, charting, analyzing and monitoring the fast moving U.S. equity markets, executing trades and managing their portfolios. Jim Corbett of Reuters Chief Technology Office said: "The Reuters Plus product shows noticeable performance gains on the new Intel platform based on the processing power alone. Reuters will seek further enhancement through tuning and optimizing the code for the new architecture." Tom Gibbs, Director of Industry Marketing at Intel said: "We are delighted to see that Reuters plans to offer their leading desktop application for financial services on Pentium4 processor based systems. We believe that the performance gains will truly benefit the customer base in the financial services industry." Reuters is working to achieve greater functionality based on the new chip architecture and is looking at the benefits of Intel's Pentium 4 processor on its other premier desktop applications, including Dealing 3000 and 3000Xtra. Reuters is also experimenting with Intel's IA64 platforms. On Thursday of this week at IDF (Intermediate Distribution Frame) A wiring rack located between the MDF (main distribution frame) and the intended end user devices (telephones, routers, PCs, etc.). Cables run from the outside world to the MDF and then to the IDFs. See MDF and wiring rack. Fall 2001 conference, Reuters will demonstrate a research project that it has been working on with IA64 platforms for use in its internal infrastructure for delivering real-time data. Note to editors: About Reuters Reuters (www.about.reuters.com) premier position as a global information, news and technology group is founded on its reputation for speed, accuracy, integrity and impartiality combined with continuous technological innovation. Reuters strength is based on its unique ability to offer customers around the world a combination of content, technology and connectivity. Reuters makes extensive use of Internet technologies for the widest distribution of information and news. Around 73 million unique visitors per month access Reuters content on some 1,400 Internet websites. Reuters is the world's largest international text and television news agency with 2,500 journalists, photographers and camera operators in 190 bureaux, serving 160 countries. In 2000 the Group had revenues of (pound)3.59 billion and on 31 December 2000, the Group employed 18,082 staff in 204 cities in 100 countries. Reuters celebrates its 150th anniversary this year. Reuters and the sphere logo are the trademarks of the Reuters group of companies. |
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