Bull announces the availability of NovaScale® servers
running the new Intel® Itanium® 2 processors
Paris/Pittsburgh,
November
9, 2004 -
On the occasion of the Super Computing event in Pittsburgh, Bull announces its range of NovaScale servers will run the latest Intel® Itanium® 2 processors, with an L3 cache up to 9 MB, and the new Low Voltage Itanium® 2 processors, with optimized power consumption.
Being at the forefront of IT makers investing in Intel®'s Itanium® processors, Bull has taken a leading edge in mastering powerful and scalable infrastructures for both commercial and HPC applications, which is the cornerstone of its strategy.
The combination of the mainframe-class NovaScale architecture with the new processor generation will sustain even more demanding mission-critical applications and very heavy HPC applications. It will reinforce the Bull NovaScale® presence in the scientific, technical and business market segments where Bull has already gained strong recognition, thus proving the quality of its offer.
"By supporting the new Intel® Itanium® 2 processors, Bull provides an even stronger alternative to traditional solutions with its open and mainframe-class NovaScale® servers. Bull NovaScale® servers can now support the most demanding applications with industry-standard technologies," said Bruno Pinna, Bull Intel processor-based server business unit general manager.
"The high-demanding HPC and commercial applications already taking benefit from the Intel® Itanium® 2 processor-based NovaScale servers, will now draw upon the price performance of the new Itanium 2 processors. This announcement demonstrates the commitment of Bull to Intel Itanium 2 processors, to deliver best-in-class high-end servers," said Richard Dracott, general manager, enterprise marketing and planning, Intel.
All the Bull NovaScale® servers take immediate benefits of the new Intel® Itanium® 2 processors. Bull is delivering a complete mainframe-class server range with a single architecture up to the 32-way.
Bull NovaScale® server range includes 2- to 32-way servers and run several operating systems, including Windows® Server® 2003, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Advanced Server and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9.
Intel® Itanium® 2 processor key features
- Up to 1.6GHz core speed
- On-die cache: up to 9MB L3, 256KB L2, 16KB L1
- .13µ process technology
For more information about Bull NovaScale, download the "IDC Insight: Bull fills out NovaScale line" at http://www.bull.com/novascale/idc_report/index.php
About Intel
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About Bull
Bull designs and develops servers, software and services for an open environment, integrating the most advanced technologies. In this respect, Bull's range of NovaScale servers combines the openness of standards with the robustness of mainframes. It brings to its customers its expertise and know-how to help them in the transformation of their information systems and to optimize their IT infrastructure and their applications.
Bull is particularly present in the public sector, banking, finance, telecommunication, utilities and manufacturing sectors. Capitalizing on its wide experience, the Group has a thorough understanding of the business and specific processes of these sectors, thus enabling it to efficiently advise and to accompany its customers. Its distribution network spreads to over 100 countries worldwide.
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