Tokyo, August 1, 2000 -- Fujitsu Limited today announced three new models and new and faster SPARC processors for its Solaris-based PRIMEPOWER server range. The new models, available worldwide from the end of this month, offer workgroup and mid-range size systems that complement larger data center systems previously announced. New generation processors offer step improvements to 360MHz, 400MHz and 450MHz above Fujitsu SPARC64 GP processors used in previous models.
Fujitsu recently adopted PRIMEPOWER as its global brand for SPARC Unix servers, and these new models will replace the company's GP7000F and GRANPOWER7000 products sold in Japan and some other markets. Fully compatible with the Solaris operating environment, PRIMEPOWER servers now come in six sizes. They start with the new model 200 2-way workgroup units, and scale all the way to the 128-way-capable model 2000.
"The environment in which business is conducted is changing rapidly and the conversion to Internet technology is now encompassing a business model which includes outsourcing," said Mr. Takashi Aoki, Group Executive Vice President, Computer Systems Group, Fujitsu Limited. "With PRIMEPOWER we are seeking to address all power requirements on the web from small electronic commerce sites through to the needs of ASPs and the emerging Internet data centers."
The PRIMEPOWER range of servers provides excellent scalability and is designed to encompass as many areas of use as possible. The aim is to make the same powerful innovative technology and software environment available in a range of form factors to match the multi-tiered nature of Internet architecture. In addition the range now provides the levels of extensibility needed to manage the ever-increasing amounts of data being processed by ISV's and ASP's back-end servers.
The new 360MHz, 400MHz and 450MHz processors will be used to build on the benchmarking success of Fujitsu's current 300MHz SPARC64 GP processors, which have already been setting UNIX benchmarks standards with companies like SAP and Baan and the TPC council.
The three new models are:
PRIMEPOWER 200 - A 1- or 2-processor entry-level floor standing or rackmount server aimed at workgroup and front-end process tasks. It uses 250MHz or 300MHz SPARC64 GP processors and will be available from the end of August.
PRIMEPOWER 400 - An up to 4-processor departmental or dedicated application rackmount node for the data center. It uses 300MHz or 400MHz SPARC64 GP processors and achieves a peak system bus speed of 3.2GB/sec. Available from end of August.
PRIMEPOWER 600 - A 2- to 8-processor floor standing or rackmount server aimed at larger electronic commerce applications and mission critical database applications where very high levels of availability are required. It uses 360MHz or 450MHz SPARC64 GP processors and achieves a peak system bus speed of 6.3GB/sec. Available at the end of August for 360MHz and the end of October for 450MHz.
Technical details of the new models include:
PRIMEPOWER 200
| Processors: | 1 or 2 250/300MHz SPARC64 GP processors |
| L2 Cache: | 4MB |
| Memory: | 256MB min. 8GB max. |
| CD-ROM: | 32 speed |
| Internal Disk: | Max. 291.2GB (floor standing) 72.8GB(rackmount) |
| I/O Slots: | 2 x 66/33MHz, 4 x 33MHz |
| LAN: | 1 x 100BaseTX/10BaseT (std.) |
| Format: | Pedestal or 4U rackmount |
PRIMEPOWER 400
| Processors: | 1 to 4 300/400MHz SPARC64 GP processors |
| L2 Cache: | 300MHz - 4MB, 400MHz - 8MB |
| Memory: | 256MB min. 8GB max. |
| CD-ROM: | 32 speed |
| Internal Disk: | 72.8GB |
| I/O Slots: | 2 x 66/33MHz, 4 x 33MHz |
| LAN: | 1 x 100BaseTX/10BaseT (std.) |
| Format: | 4U rackmount (60% space reduction from previous equivalent GP7000F model) |
PRIMEPOWER 600
| Processors: | 2 to 8 360/450MHz SPARC64 GP processors |
| L2 Cache: | 8MB |
| Memory: | 256MB min. 16GB max. |
| CD-ROM: | 32 speed |
| Internal Disk: | 218.4GB |
| I/O Slots: | 4 x 66/33MHz, 8 x 33MHz (max) |
| LAN: | 1 x 100BaseTX/10BaseT (std.) |
| Format: | Pedestal or 10U rackmount |
All models can be linked to large external disk systems.
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PRIMEPOWER and GP7000F/GRANPOWER7000
PRIMEPOWER is the global brand for Fujitsu's Solaris-based Unix server family, including models previously marketed under the product names GP7000F and GRANPOWER 7000 in Japan and in parts of Asia/Pacific and the USA. The PRIMEPOWER family includes a number of Fujitsu innovations and high-availability features to deliver very competitive and high performance Internet-ready servers. Technical innovations include Fujitsu SPARC64 GP processors with ECC at all cache levels, world's fastest crossbar switch technology, and inbuilt high-reliability and component protection from the automatic System Control Facility. PRIMEPOWER's aim is to provide customer choice in the Solaris market and to strengthen the aim of Solaris to be the Unix environment of choice for ISV's and corporate data centers. http://www.fujitsu.co.jp/en/servers/primepower/
About Fujitsu
Fujitsu Limited (TSE: 6702) is a leading provider of Internet-
based information technology solutions for the global marketplace.
Comprising over 500 group companies and affiliates worldwide --
including ICL, Amdahl and DMR Consulting -- it had consolidated
revenues of 5.26 trillion yen (US$49.6 billion) in the fiscal year
ended March 31, 2000. Fujitsu's pace-setting technologies, world-
class computing and telecommunications platforms, and global corps
of over 60,000 systems and services experts make it uniquely
positioned to unleash the infinite possibilities of the Internet
to help its customers succeed. Altogether, the Fujitsu Group has
188,000 employees and operations in over 100 countries.
Internet: http://www.fujitsu.com/
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