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Hewlett-Packard Unveils Plans to Adopt Intel's Merced Processor

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Hewlett-Packard Company (HP) has announced plans to incorporate Intel's Merced processor into its high-end server product lines by mid-2000. This move is expected to provide HP's customers with a solid, high-end system that addresses the needs of the emerging e-business environment. HP's system architecture expertise, combined with IA-64's parallel processing, will make these servers ideal e-services platforms.

Key Takeaways:

  • HP plans to offer its Merced system customers the most application and operating-system choices in the industry, including HP-UX, 64-bit version of Microsoft Windows, and Linux.
  • The company will provide transition consulting services and support to bring customers to the new platform smoothly, ensuring a smooth transition for existing PA-RISC applications.
  • HP will continue to develop and introduce PA-RISC and IA-32-based systems in parallel with IA-64 systems, enabling customers to migrate to the new architecture as their business needs dictate.
  • The collaboration between HP and Intel on the 64-bit instruction set architecture will provide customers with the broadest portfolio of enterprise and e-services solutions in the industry.
  • The combination of HP's high-end system expertise with the computing power of the Merced processor will provide a solid, high-end system that addresses the needs of the emerging e-business environment.
  • HP's customers will benefit from the power and scalability required for the wave of Internet and enterprise e-services applications that will continue to roll out over the next few years.
  • HP will show its IA-64 simulator running database, multimedia, and Internet applications at booth No. 1100 at HP World.

Statistics:

  • HP plans to launch its Merced-based server by mid-2000.
  • The company's high-end server product lines will incorporate Intel's Merced processor.
  • HP had computer-related revenue of $39.5 billion in its 1998 fiscal year.
  • HP's total revenue was $47.1 billion in its 1998 fiscal year.
  • The company has 123,000 employees worldwide.

Sources:

  • Hewlett-Packard Company press release, Aug. 16, 1999.
  • Intel Corporation press release, Aug. 16, 1999.
  • HP World (exhibition booth No. 1100).

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