hp Itanium 2based solutions Launch

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hp Itanium 2-based solutions Launch July 8,
2002 Press Presentation
Intel and Itanium are trademarks or registered
trademarks of Intel Corporation or its
subsidiaries in the United States and other
countries.
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what HP is announcing today

• new Itanium 2-based systems
• best system performance
• more application partners
• proven multi-OS tools
• optimized services

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trademarks of Intel Corporation or its
subsidiaries in the United States and other
countries.
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todays agenda

• benefits of a new architecture
• enterprise customer needs
• increase performance
• protect customers investment
• enable business continuity

Intel and Itanium are trademarks or registered
trademarks of Intel Corporation or its
subsidiaries in the United States and other
countries.
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advantages of a high performance, industry
standard architecture

• RISC high performance system customers benefit
  from
• multi-OS support
• lower HW costs for enterprise IT
• assurance of leading performance and scalability
  over the long-term

• IA-32 volume system customers benefit from
• the ability to expand to increasingly complex
  workloads
• secure web transactions
• mechanical analysis
• massive databases
• industry-standard servers in every tier of the
  data center!

standardized architecture to enable utility
computing
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subsidiaries in the United States and other
countries.
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the leading Itanium 2-based ecosystem from the
new hp
as co-developer of the Itanium architecture, hp
will enable customers to
enable business continuity with comprehensive
services and the expertise needed to deploy
quickly with the best results.
protect investments with the next
industry-standard architecture delivering a
flexible, scalable migration path for long-term
performance in HP-UX, Linux, Windows, OpenVMS and
Non-Stop Kernel environments.
increase performance with the fastest Itanium
2-based systems and scalable solutions to manage
IT with increased flexibility and greater
performance in HP-UX, Linux or Windows
environments.
Intel and Itanium are trademarks or registered
trademarks of Intel Corporation or its
subsidiaries in the United States and other
countries.
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why Intel Itanium 2 architecture?
CPU architectural leadership
floating point performanceSPECfp2000
2.1x 1.1x 2.1x 1.7x
AMDAthlon XP2100
IBMPower4 1.3 GHz
IntelItanium2 1 GHz
IntelXeon MP1.6 GHz
SunUltraSPARC III 1.05 GHz

• incredible computing performance
• worlds fastest floating point engine!
• already outperforms nearly all established
  architectures on integer performance

integer performanceSPECint2000
1.1x 0.9x 1.2x 1.3x
AMDAthlon XP2100
IBMPower4 1.3 GHz
IntelItanium2 1 GHz
IntelXeon MP1.6 GHz
SunUltraSPARC III 1.05 GHz
Intel and Itanium are trademarks or registered
trademarks of Intel Corporation or its
subsidiaries in the United States and other
countries.
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system performance leadership
Itanium 2-based systemsunmatched application
performance
OLTP tpmC
gt2.3x
1.4x
1.1x
79,000
69,902
57,347
34,289
Itanium 2 architecture unleashes much more than
just 64-bits andfast floating point
4
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way
6
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way
4
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way
8-way
hp
IBM
hp server
Dell
PE 8450
rp5470
P660
rx5670
P III Xeon
PA 8600
RS 64 IV
Itanium 2
900MHz
550MHz
668MHz
1GHz
SAP SD Users
SPECweb99_SSL connections
1520
470
gt2.4x
1.5x
Preliminary PerformancetpmC estimate Not for
public disclosure! Final benchmarkresults to
bereleased July 8, 2002
3.0x
2.7x
315
200
568
500
4
-
way
8
-
way
4
-
way
4
-
way
4
-
way
4
-
way
Sun
hp server
Alpha
Proliant
IBM
hp server
Fire
rx5670
Server
DL590
x440
rx5670
V480
Itanium 2
ES40
Itanium
Xeon MP
Itanium 2
900MHz
1GHz
833MHz
800MHz
1.5 GHz
1GHz
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trademarks of Intel Corporation or its
subsidiaries in the United States and other
countries.
System Model tpmC /tpmC Available System
Model tpmC /tpmC Available System
Model tpmC /tpmC Available System
Model tpmC /tpmC Available hp server
rx5670 79,000 5.00 10/30/2002 hp server
rp5470 34,289 15.26 4/5/2001 IBM eServer pSeries
660 57,347 28.47 6/19/2001 Dell PowerEdge
8450 69,902 8.46 11/15/2001
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powered by hps zx1 chipset 1-way hp
workstation zx2000 2-way hp workstation
zx6000 2-way hp server rx2600 4-way hp server
rx5670 the fastest Itanium 2-based platforms
availablebuilding on the combined market reach
of compaq and hp
Itanium 2-basedhp servers and workstations
hp server rx5670
hp server rx2600
hp workstation zx6000
hp workstation zx2000
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subsidiaries in the United States and other
countries.
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Itanium-based hp workstationsthe most powerful
line-up in the industry
1GHz 1-2 way Intel Itanium2 processors, hp zx1
chipset, 12GB DDR SDRAM, AGP4X graphics
high
Madison
Montecito
zx6000
i2000
900MHz 1-2 way Intel Itanium 2 processors, hp
zx1 chipset, 12GB DDR SDRAM, AGP4X graphics
800 MHz 1-2 way Intel Itanium processors Intel
84260GX, 4GB SDRAM NVIDIA Quadro2 Pro
price/features
mid
Madison
Montecito
zx6000
i2000
733MHz Intel Itanium processor Intel 84260GX,
4GB SDRAM NVIDIA Quadro2 Pro
900MHz 1-wayIntel Itanium2 processor, hp zx1
chipset, 4GB DDR SDRAM AGP4X graphics
entry
Madison
Montecito
zx2000
2001
2002
2003
roadmap subject to change
Intel and Itanium are trademarks or registered
trademarks of Intel Corporation or its
subsidiaries in the United States and other
countries.
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Itanium-based hp serversthe most scalable
roadmap from any vendor
Superdome
Madison
Montecito
scalable (cell-based) servers
hps Pinnacles highend chipset enables
8-64processor capable systems starting with
Madison
rp8400
rx9610
Itanium16-way
Montecito
Madison
rp7410
Madison
Montecito
rp5400
rx4610
Madison
rx5670
Itanium 4-way
Itanium2 4-way 7U
entry (SMP-based) servers
Montecito
hps ZX1 chipset enables 2-4 processor capable
systems starting with the Itanium2 architecture
rx2600
Itanium2 2-way 2U
Madison
Montecito
hp enterprise server and ProLiant server combined
roadmap
roadmap subject to change
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trademarks of Intel Corporation or its
subsidiaries in the United States and other
countries.
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hp provides lasting value for current and past
purchases

• binary compatibilityapplications and tools run
  unchanged when moving from IA-32 or PA-RISC to
  the Itanium architecture
• Windows applications
• Linux applications
• HP-UX applications

• system transition rewards
• current AlphaServer, PA-RISC server, ProLiant and
  NetServer customers are eligible for financial
  credit for their current systems when moving to
  Itanium -based systems
• AlphaServer Customer Assurance Program
• hp trade-in/trade-up programs

• hardware compatibilitycurrent hp enterprise
  server offerings from hp are board upgradeable to
  the Itanium processor family
• superdome 64-way
• rp8400 16-way
• rp7410 8-way
• rp5400 4-way
• Itanium 2-based systems forward

program terms vary by region
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trademarks of Intel Corporation or its
subsidiaries in the United States and other
countries.
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major application tool readiness
all major technical floating point intensive
applications available now
many commercial applications available by end of
year
MS Windows Enterprise ServerMicrosoft SQL server
Oracle 9i databaseSAP APO (pilot)SAS Risk
DimensionsBEA WebLogic Server 7.x
MS Windows Advanced Server LEPTC Pro/Engineer,
EDS PLMUnigraphicsSAS 9.0 CoreSAS Analytic
CRM
ANSYS, Mental Images MentalRay, Side Effects
Houdini, RSA, SQL Server (pilot) SAP R/3 on SQL
(pilot)
Oracle 9i database BEA WebLogic Server 7.0 BEA
Tuxedo 8.0,hp-AppServer 8.0, SAS 9.0 Core,SAS
Analytic CRMMicroFocus, Acucorp, LegacyJ
COBOLhp WDB 1.4, hp Caliper 2.0ActiveState
PerlGCC Compiler Collection 3.1EDS
PLMUnigraphics
Fluent, TogetherSoft Control Center 6.0Wily
Technology IntroscopeAutoProbeSitraka Jprobehp
Caliper 2.1Rational ClearCaseRogueWave
SourceProParasoft Insure C, CodewizardMicroFoc
us ServerExpress 2.0Etnus Totalview 5.0
MSC NASTRAN, ESI Pam-Flow, ESI Pam-Crash, ANSYS,
LSTC LS Dyna, LS Post, CD Adapco StarCD,
Mental Images MentalRay, Gaussian 98, Semichem
AMPAC, PNNLs NWChem, Schrodinger Jaguar,
Chemkin, U. of Birmingham MOLPRO,hp Apache,
RSA, Zeus, AcuCorphp-AppServer 8.0 (Bluestone)
(Pilots)
Mental Images MentalRay, Dot C Software Render
Dot C,Side Effects Houdini, ToonBoom US
Animation, ANSYS, Gaussian 98, Volare
ADINAAMBER NCBI Blast PNNLs NW Chem Field View
8, Paralign NASTRAN, Apache, Zeus RSA,
Sendmail, SteelEye Lifekeeper
System Imager Java Applications Forte,
TogetherSoft, Jmeter, Jtune VG Studio Max
Visual Numerics CNL 4.0 and 5.0Acucorp
COBOLGCC Compiler Collection 3.1
Oracle 9i databaseBEA WebLogic Server
7.x TurboLinux TurboCockpit, Accelrys CASTEP
and DMol3 RogueWave SourceProEtnus Totalview 5.0
2002
q2
q3
q4
Itanium 2 processor launch
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trademarks of Intel Corporation or its
subsidiaries in the United States and other
countries.
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manage seamlesslymanage hp Itanium 2-based
servers with the same tools used todaywhile hp
develops common tools for the future
availabletoday!
hp OpenView service-driven infrastructure
management (network, systems, application and
storage management)
hp process resource manager
linux community tools
Microsoft tools

• HP-UX kernel configuration
• system inventory manager
• event monitoring service
• system admini-stration manager

hp ignite-ux and software distributor-ux
hp enablement kit for windows
hp enablement kit for linux
hp servicecontrol manager
hp toptools / insight manager 7
hp instant support enterprise edition
hp management processor
Windows
Linux
HP-UX 11i
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trademarks of Intel Corporation or its
subsidiaries in the United States and other
countries.
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hp services unparalleled knowledge of and
commitment to the Itanium architecture

• global IT service leadership across
  WindowsUnixLinux
• 65,000 professionals in 160 countries
• 28,000 Microsoft trained specialists (5,000
  Microsoft certified engineers)
• 18,000 Unix specialists
• 3,000 Linux specialists
• hps portfolio of services is Itanium 2 ready
• consulting and planning services
• mission critical services
• full education curriculum
• new services specifically targeted to ease the
  transition
• implementation services
• migration services

the leading company helping customers to
Itanium-based solutions
Intel and Itanium are trademarks or registered
trademarks of Intel Corporation or its
subsidiaries in the United States and other
countries
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summary

• hp and Itanium 2-based solutions will enable
  customers to
• increase performance
• industry leading performance today
• scalable systems roadmap
• protect investments
• binary compatibility of applications from IA-32
  and PA-RISC to Itanium architecture
• familiar customer applications and tools being
  readied now
• enable business continuity
• comprehensive services
• expertise and breadth to deploy quickly with the
  best results

Intel and Itanium are trademarks or registered
trademarks of Intel Corporation or its
subsidiaries in the United States and other
countries.
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• hp server rx5670
• estimated US street price
• entry 23K avg 38K large 64K
• orderable now, shipping in Augusthp server
  rx2600
• estimated US street price
• entry 7.3K avg 16K large 33K
• orderable now, shipping in July

pricing and availability

• hp workstation zx6000
• estimated US street price
• entry 7K avg 13K large 27K
• orderable now, shipping in Julyhp workstation
  zx2000
• estimated US street price
• entry 4.6K avg 6K large 11K
• orderable now, shipping in July

Intel and Itanium are trademarks or registered
trademarks of Intel Corporation or its
subsidiaries in the United States and other
countries.
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hp Itanium 2-based solutions Launch Appendix
Intel and Itanium are trademarks or registered
trademarks of Intel Corporation or its
subsidiaries in the United States and other
countries.
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limits of todays processor architectures

• processor architecture advances of RISC no longer
  growing at the rate seen in the 1980s 1990s
• complexity of certain workloads are exceeding
  IA-32s capabilities
• yet customers relentlessly demand greater
  application performance, due to
• higher bandwidth tasks (streaming)
• requirements for secure processing (SSL)
• increased users and demand (internet)
• larger hardware requirements (VLDB)
• support for multi-OS environments (virtual data
  center)
• to address the future business needs of
• greater flexibility
• better price/performance

Intel and Itanium are trademarks or registered
trademarks of Intel Corporation or its
subsidiaries in the United States and other
countries.
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hp and Intel Itanium processor roadmap
Itanium performance curve
Deerfield
Madison
PA-8900
Itanium 2
PA-8800
performance
PA-8700
PA-RISC and IA-32 performancecurve
Itanium
PA-8600
Pentium4
PA-8500
Xeon
PA-8200
PA-8000
98
96
00
02
future
04
Intel and Itanium are trademarks or registered
trademarks of Intel Corporation or its
subsidiaries in the United States and other
countries.
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HP Itanium 2-based systems for superior
application performance
benefits
faster OLTP
quickerweb serving
faster securetransactions
better Java object codeperformance
...to run applications faster than IA-32 andmore
cost effectively than RISC
Intel and Itanium are trademarks or registered
trademarks of Intel Corporation or its
subsidiaries in the United States and other
countries.
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hps zx1chipset unleashes the full power of
Intel Itanium 2 processor across 1-4p systems

• 15-20 faster than other Itanium 2
• chipsets due to
• highest memory bandwidth
• lowest memory latency
• largest memory capacity
• biggest I/O bandwidth and capacity
• best scalability
• leadership reliability with multi-bit ECC memory
  correction

Intel and Itanium are trademarks or registered
trademarks of Intel Corporation or its
subsidiaries in the United States and other
countries.
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leading SSL performanceper server price
performance
1 2U/2CPU McKinley Servers at 24,798, Zeus
at 1,700 per 2 CPUs
1 7U/4CPU hp rx4610 servers at 45,000, Zeus
at 1,700 per 2 CPUs
1 4U/2CPU(SPARC3) Sun Fire 280R servers at
18,000, Zeus at 1,700 per 2 CPUs
1 4U/2CPU(SPARC2) Sun Enterprise 220R servers
at 21,000, Zeus at 1,700 per 2 CPUs
Intel and Itanium are trademarks or registered
trademarks of Intel Corporation or its
subsidiaries in the United States and other
countries.
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unmatched application performance

• best 2-way OLTP performance
• any architecture or database
• best 4-way OLTP performance
• any architecture or database by at least1.5x
• 1.5x best IA 32
• beats all IA 32 8p servers in OLTP
• by at least gt1.2x
• worlds fastest floating point engine
• SPECfp2000
• fastest SPECweb_SSL performance on Linux
• best of any architecture

hp has 1 Itanium 2-based system performance
performance estimates with hp servers
rx5670/rx2600with Itanium 2,MS Windows advanced
server LE v1.2, and MS SQL server
Intel and Itanium are trademarks or registered
trademarks of Intel Corporation or its
subsidiaries in the United States and other
countries.
performance data from www.spec.org as of June 3,
2002
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Itanium 2-based systems are more cost effective
than RISC
comparison 2 meter rack full of rx5670 servers
vs. equivalent performing RISC
31 more expensive
202 more expensive
configuration 5 hp rx5670 servers (with 4 1GHz
CPUs, 48GB RAM, 1HDD for each server) versus
equivalent performing number of 7 Sun V880 8p
servers or 8 IBM p660 4p servers
Intel and Itanium are trademarks or registered
trademarks of Intel Corporation or its
subsidiaries in the United States and other
countries.
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best-of-breed operatingenvironments
database services
access services
application services

• applications
• customization

• applications
• flexibility
• scalability

• applications
• scalability
• mission critical

decision criteria
Linux open-source community leadership for
optimized solutions spanning the enterprise from
secure web serving to supercomputing clusters
fully supported Windows Advanced Server LE
provides 1 performance to extend Windows further
into the enterprise
HP-UX 11i v1.6 leading price/performance with
proven performance scalability, security and
reliability seamless migration from RISC
with Itanium 2-based systems, Windows and Linux
further extend into the enterpriseand HP-UX 11i
becomes more pervasive across the enterprise
Intel and Itanium are trademarks or registered
trademarks of Intel Corporation or its
subsidiaries in the United States and other
countries.
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hp, Microsoftand the Linux community extend
best-of-breed Itanium 2-based solutions into the
enterprise
Microsoft Windows

• hp and Microsoft embrace Itanium-based solutions
  and support key applications, such as
• SQL Server database
• SAP R/3
• SAS core
• Microsoft business commitment
• updated/optimized 64-bit Windows kernel
  specifically for Itanium 2 processor

Linux
hp-ux 11i

• Open Source Development Lab (OSDL) enhancing
  Linux for data center and Telco applications
• Gelato Federation enabling Linux open source
  solutions specifically for the Itanium
  architecture for academic, government and
  industrial research
• Linux SDK for Itanium-based systems distributed
  to over 10,000 developers

• 1 UNIX as rated by D.H. Brown
• binary compatibility on HP-UX PA-RISC
  applications moving to Itanium
• full enterprise release for Itanium architecture
  (hp OpenView, Online JFS, VxVM, mc/serviceguard,
  Apache)
• incorporation of best-in-class Tru64
  functionality moving forward

Intel and Itanium are trademarks or registered
trademarks of Intel Corporation or its
subsidiaries in the United States and other
countries.
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Windows,Linux and HP-UX as well as OpenVMS and
NSK enterprise software solutions

• extending the ecosystem
• reference platform established
• hp / Intel solution centers now open
• Grenoble, France
• Cupertino, California
• others being planned
• partners ready for Itanium 2-based platform
• Microsoft
• Oracle
• SAP
• SAS
• BEA
• Red Hat
• major technical computing ISVs
• a sampling of customers
• Sabre
• Alcatel
• Schlumberger
• Cisco

Intel and Itanium are trademarks or registered
trademarks of Intel Corporation or its
subsidiaries in the United States and other
countries.
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hp/Intel Itanium architecture solution
centersan expansion of the hp/Intel solution
center world-wide initiative

• demonstrate the viability of Itanium-based
  solutions for enterprise customers in a multi-OS
  environment
• enable customer proof of concepts, ISV software
  validation and SI support
• develop value-added customer solutions
• funded staffed by hp and Intel
• the ideal combination of expertise, equipment,
  and environment in which to invent

customer benefits

• leveraged hp Intel expertise
• secured dedicated resources
• higher quality solutions
• lower cost
• faster time to market

Intel and Itanium are trademarks or registered
trademarks of Intel Corporation or its
subsidiaries in the United States and other
countries.
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designingthe future (DTF)hps partner
program comprehensive services for all developers

• partner technology access centers
• transition assessment services
• access to Itaniumbased systems
• native port assistance
• binary compatibility validation
• STKs and SDKs for all OSs
• multi-OS tuning and performance analysis and
  optimizations
• technical training programs
• web casts
• 2-day hands-on classes
• e-learning classes

multi-OS tools services to facilitate a smooth
transition to Itaniumbased systems
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trademarks of Intel Corporation or its
subsidiaries in the United States and other
countries.
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Intel Itanium processor family creates a huge
market opportunity for partners

• 20 OEMs worldwide shipping Itanium-based systems
• three operating systems available today with more
  to come
• Windows
• HP-UX 11i v1.6
• Linux from multiple distributors
• future OSs Non Stop Kernel, OpenVMS

The big loser in the Itanium architecture
transition is Sun, the only major server vendor
that continues to use a single track strategy,
offering only its proprietary SPARC platforms and
its proprietary Solaris operating systemit wont
be able to match the system level features of 20
Itanium OEMs. Ashok Kumar U.S. Bancorp Piper
Jaffray cnet news july 19, 2001
in a fast growing ecosystem
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subsidiaries in the United States and other
countries.
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hp high- availability and cluster offerings for
Itanium-based servers

• why its important
• ensure data integrity
• maximize application availability
• minimize planned maintenance time
• peace of mind with mission-critical support
  services

• mc/serviceguard for HP-UX
• serviceguard Extension for RAC
• serviceguard manager
• EMS HA Monitors
• ECM Toolkit
• MirrorDisk/UX
• extended campus cluster
• HPTC ClusterPack

• comprehensive portfolio of Windows cluster
  configurations
• Cluster Extension XP for Windows
• Oracle 9i RAC for Windows
• hp toptools cluster monitoring for Windows

Intel and Itanium are trademarks or registered
trademarks of Intel Corporation or its
subsidiaries in the United States and other
countries.
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the proven leaderItanium-based systems
competitive landscape
power is IBMs primary enterprise architecture.
X-Architecture Summit chipset promise is
limited not optimized for 1-4-way Itanium 2-
based systems X-Architecture
scalability is unproven due to
high-latency interconnect no published upgrade
path to Itanium processors no AIX support
on Itanium
Dell has limited experience delivering enterprise
solutions lacks services and support
expertise no breadth in product line to handle
enterprise-wide solutions commodity only
player with no value-add for Itanium-based
architecture
Sun stands alone in not supporting the Itanium
architecture weak performance on SPARC a
generation behind Itanium-based solutions
from hp outperform now and in the future no
Itanium processor roadmap poor economies of
scale for the future very weak Windows,
Linux and IA-32 solutions
Intel and Itanium are trademarks or registered
trademarks of Intel Corporation or its
subsidiaries in the United States and other
countries.
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• consisting of 1,400 of the of Intel Itanium 2
  processors, the new hp supercomputer would have
  an expected total peak performance of more than
  8.3 teraflops.

on april 16, 2002 hp and theUS Department of
Energys Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
(PNNL) announced that PNNL had ordered a 24.5
million hp supercomputer.
This new computing power will advance
scientific study in a host of areas and keep DOE
and our national laboratories on the cutting edge
of technology Spencer AbrahamUS secretary of
energy
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customers who have solved some of the biggest
computational problems due to the use of
Itanium-based systems
Using the Itanium 2 architecture, HPs engineers
worked closely with PNNL to apply computational
science to key scientific challenges. With the
advanced processing power and peak performance
delivered by the Itanium 2 architecture and HPs
world-class services and support, PNNL now will
have one of the fastest and most powerful
supercomputers in the world, and the worlds most
powerful Linux-based supercomputer to take on
these challenges." David Dixon Assoc. Director
for Theory, Modeling and Simulation Department of
Energy Scientific User Facility Pacific Northwest
National Laboratory
We have been using the HP Itanium-based DL590/64
server for over a year now, and we are impressed
with its performance, especially when we we are
processing very large volumes of data. We are
looking forward to using the next-generation
Itanium 2-based systems and seeing how the new
SAS configuration will increase performance.
Savvas Papaiacovou Vice President and
Manager Customer-based MIS Distribution
Stategies Wells Fargo Company
"The Johns Hopkins Sloan Digital Sky Survey has
been expanding its catalog size to about 300
million celestial objects that are stored in a
Microsoft SQL Server 2000 database. The project
manages computations for calculating the
distances between all pairs of objects within the
catalog. The positive effects of large memory
were seen very clearly in the first generation
64-bit Itanium-based server. With HPs 64-bit
Intel Itanium-based platform configured with 28
GB of memory we were able to do the job in 10
days, where it would have taken half a year
previously. Alex Szalay Johns Hopkins University
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subsidiaries in the United States and other
countries.
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technicalcomputing customers solving the most
challenging problems due to the use of Intel
Itanium-based systems
This new computing power will advance scientific
study in a host of areas and keep DOE and our
national laboratories on the cutting edge of
technology Spencer Abraham, US secretary of
energy
We were very impressed by the stability of HP-UX
on the new architecture, and by the ability to
run Linux, Windows NT and HP-UX on the same
platform. The compiler, though very complex,
worked correctly. "Although we knew hp had been
working very hard on Itanium with Intel, we
didn't expect so much progress to have been made
so quickly. Olivier Oudin, laboratory
manager, Airbus
Weve amassed a considerable number of computer
models for the assessment of the crash-worthiness
of vehicles. These models require an immense
amount of computational power, requiring a real
super-computer. The hp Itanium server fills that
requirement, and then some. Cing-Dao
Kan, director of simulation and modeling
research National Crash Analysis Center
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subsidiaries in the United States and other
countries.
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commercial IT customers gaining long lasting
investment protection due to the use of
Itanium-based systems
"A key element in the design of Intels Itanium
processor is binary compatibility with hps
existing systems to ensure that we have a smooth
transition to Itanium while maximizing current
technology investments. Overall, Itanium provides
a wide range of platform and operating system
choices, promoting flexibility and choice."
Joe Yankauskas manager of technical
services Liz Claiborne Inc.
Because we will have less of a variety of
systems, we will have less cost of ownership and
cost of management so it will enable us to
fulfill the needs of our customer more cost
effectively and more efficiently. Juergen
Haeusinger, UNIX system manager Datev eG
(German Association of Tax Consultants)
"The ability to run several operating systems on
a single platform will deliver both cost and
technology lifecycle benefits. Another benefit
for us is interoperability between operating
systems like Linux and HP-UX. Thanks to common
APIs and binary interfaces across HP-UX and
Linux, we can develop once on one operating
system and deploy on many." Philippe
Marin vice-president, research
development Nextenso
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commercial IT customers obtaining better value
due to the performance capabilities
ofItanium-based systems
"Due to their joint development with Intel, I
trust that hp can provide a smooth transition to
the new architecture and a broad Itanium solution
set (services, financing, consulting, etc.)
enabling us to realize the full benefits of
Itanium, including enhanced performance,
scalability and multi-OS capabilities that will
significantly reduce IT complexity and
costs. Gafar Lawal director of
architecture Merrill Lynch, Private Client
Technology
"We are looking at Itanium and the Itanium based
architecture as the hardware platform for the
server nodes in the future tele- and datacomm.
networks. Since we believe that IA-64
architecture will end up being as ubiquitous as
the IA-32 bit is today choosing Itanium was quite
natural for us. TelORB includes an high
performance in-memory database that will
especially benefit from the large addressing
space provided by the Itanium machines."
Alexander Larruy, M.S.C. Ericsson Utvecklings
AB Network Core Products
HP's implementation of Intel's
Itanium technology will enable the Bank to
undertake projects such as large scale, highly
structured statistical modeling of customer data
that are currently very difficult to implement."
Francois Christen vice president,
distribution strategies Wells Fargo
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Intel and Itanium are trademarks or registered
trademarks of Intel Corporation or its
subsidiaries in the United States and other
countries.