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DAILY NEWS AND INFORMATION
FOR THE GLOBAL GRID COMMUNITY / JUNE 23, 2003: VOL. 2 NO. 25
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Breaking News -
Platforms:
Fujitsu's PRIMEPOWER Servers Break
Operations Barrier
Fujitsu Technology Solutions, Inc. announced record-breaking results for
its
PRIMEPOWER 2500 UNIX system in the SPECjbb 2000 Java performance benchmark.
Breaking the one million operations per second barrier for the first time,
Fujitsu achieved performance of 1,420,177 operations per second with a 112-way
PRIMEPOWER 2500 system using the company's 1.3GHz SPARC64 V processors,
shattering records previously set by HP, Sun, and IBM in the same performance
tests. In the 64- way server category, as well, PRIMEPOWER 2500 outpaced the
competition with performance of 835,479 operations per second. These benchmark
results were published on www.spec.org as of May 29, 2003.
Fujitsu's latest Java performance leadership results follow the achievement
of
number one status in the 32-, 16- and 8-way server performance categories with
PRIMEPOWER 1500 and 900 systems over the past few months.
"These benchmark wins, combined with the outstanding results Fujitsu has
obtained recently, solidify the PRIMEPOWER server's position as a worldwide
leader in Java server performance and demonstrate its excellent scalability,"
said Richard McCormack, vice president of product and solutions marketing for
Fujitsu Technology Solutions, Inc. "The mission-critical demands of our
customer base require superior performance, and Fujitsu provides that at a
lower total cost of ownership than our competitors."
Fujitsu's PRIMEPOWER servers have outperformed competitors with the
following
SPECjbb 2000 benchmark achievements:
Latest SPECjbb 2000 Benchmark Results
- Best overall performance and No. 1 in 112-way category at 1,420,177
ops/sec
(112-way PRIMEPOWER 2500 with 1.3GHz SPARC64 V processors)
- Best in 64-way category and No. 2 overall performance at 835,479
ops/sec (64-way PRIMEPOWER 2500 with 1.3GHz SPARC64 V processors
Previously Announced SPECjbb 2000 Benchmark Results
- Best in 32-way category at 492,683 ops/sec (32-way PRIMEPOWER 1500 with
1.35GHz SPARC64 V processors)
- Best in 16-way category at 283,176 ops/sec (16-way PRIMEPOWER 900 with
1.35GHz SPARC64 V processors)
- Best in 8-way category at 148,885 ops/sec (8-way PRIMEPOWER 900 at 148,885
ops/sec with 1.35GHz SPARC64 V processors)
About PRIMEPOWER:
www.ftsi.fujitsu.com/primepower/
About Fujitsu Technology Solutions, Inc.: www.ftsi.fujitsu.com/
Fujitsu Technology Solutions, Inc., headquartered in Sunnyvale, California,
offers worldwide IT infrastructure solutions that encompass a range of
technology solutions and fully customized managed services. Fujitsu Technology
Solutions, Inc., an expert in enterprise and open systems server and storage
solutions, focuses on delivering high availability, mission-critical, scalable
solutions in the large-systems marketplace. Drawing on the skills and
experience of Fujitsu Limited, as well as our many partner companies, Fujitsu
Technology Solutions Inc. enables customers to balance the needs of rapid
change and stability while maximizing the return on investment in existing and
new technologies.
About The SPECjbb 2000 Benchmark
SPECjbb 2000 represents an order processing application for a wholesale
supplier. The benchmark measures the performance of CPUs, caches, memory
hierarchy and SMP capability in hardware point of view. Written in Java and
released by SPEC in 2000, it was developed with participation from computer
vendors, systems integrators, universities, research organizations, publishers
and consultants. SPECjbb 2000 is loosely modeled after the PTC-C benchmark's
business model, emulating a three-tier client/server system with emphasis on
the middle tier. However, contrary to typical TPC-C implementations, all of
SPECjbb 2000 is written in Java, and all three tiers are implemented within a
single JVM. No commercial database is used; Java objects replace database
objects for the purpose of this benchmark. Due to the different
implementations, SPECjbb 2000 results should not be confused with TPC-C
results, where Fujitsu also performs very strongly.
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