Intel's new Xeon processor MP (Gallatin) offers greater PRIMERGY server consolidation potential

- Major performance boost for 4-way and 8-way PRIMERGY systems ensures reduced administration and IT infrastructure costs

Following Intel's recent launch of the new Intel® Xeon™ processors MP (Gallatin), Fujitsu Siemens Computers has announced that it plans to add more CPU power to its four-way processor PRIMERGY H450 and R450 servers, as well as its 8-way PRIMERGY T850 system. This significantly increases the performance capability of these servers in consolidation projects, where users are looking for a way of taking as many applications as possible that used to run on smaller servers and combining them on a single system. The main benefits of this for users are to be seen in reduced administration and infrastructure costs.
 
Fujitsu Siemens Computers plans to introduce the PRIMERGY H450, R450 and T850 servers with the new Intel Xeon processors MP at the end of 2002. The new Intel Xeon processor MP has a 2-GHz clock rate and the fastest version offers an integrated, 2-MB third-level cache, thus providing a greater overall performance bandwidth for complex applications. This processor also achieves its maximum performance power by making use of the integrated hyper-threading technology and the Intel NetBurst™ micro-architecture.
 
The new Intel Xeon processors MP offer performance improvements of 20 to 38 per cent compared with the 1.6-GHz / 1-MB version (Foster). On the basis of first measurements, Fujitsu Siemens Computers anticipates a TPC-C figure of approximately 68000 tpm_C with a 4-way processor server. This is a significant improvement of around 29 per cent compared with existing Foster-based systems.
 
About Fujitsu Siemens Computers:
Fujitsu Siemens Computers is the leading European computer company, drawing on the strengths and the innovative power of its parent companies - Fujitsu Limited and Siemens AG. Fujitsu Siemens Computers offers a full range of solutions for enterprise computing, from best-in-class Intel- and Unix-based servers to a comprehensive portfolio of storage systems. The company is also a leading provider of secure mobile computing products, PCs and workstations to business customers, and the number one supplier of computers for home users in Europe.
 
The company's strategic direction is focused on Mobility and Business Critical Computing. With its vision of 'Powering the Information Age', Fujitsu Siemens Computers' world-class computer technology and innovative IT infrastructure solutions help people to freely access information and services anywhere and at any time.

 
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