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Intel® announces the Pentium® II processor at 400 MHz and 350 MHz ...the highest performance Intel solution for graphics and compute intensive workstations. Get the power you need to run technical workstation applications and turn your ideas into reality with Intel Architecture based workstations now running at 400 MHz and 350 MHz.
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Intel and Intel OEM's Application Solutions Centers (ASC) are assisting key software developers in developing and optimizing their technical workstation applications to run on Intel Architecture based workstations. Companies that have publically announced their ASC's include Compaq,and NEC.
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Pentium® II Xeon™ Processor to Be New Brand Name for Processors Specifically Designed for Servers and Workstations
Intel announced Pentium II Xeon (pronounced "ZEE'-on"), a new brand name for a line of processors that will be designed specifically to meet the needs of midrange and higher server and workstation applications. Intel's Pentium II Xeon processor will offer leadership performance and scalability for those manufacturers designing workstations and servers. Intel will introduce the processors in mid-1998 with system products to follow thereafter.
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IA-64™ Architecture momentum is building fast. This is evident by some of the key ISV's with technical workstation applications publicly committing to developing and making available Merced™ processor based applications. Such companies cover a wide range of market segments and include Adobe*, Parametric Technologies Corp.*, Softimage*, Avid*, Cadence*, Synopsys*, MSC*, Mentor Graphics* and Mental Images*.
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Workstations based on Intel microprocessors have been very competitive at the entry level of the workstation marketplace. They are now demonstrating their power in the midrange and beyond with the Pentium® II processor. That's good news for any company that wants great workstation performance and open system architecture benefits at a fraction of the cost of traditional workstation systems.
Workstation users demand levels of performance that, until recently, could be delivered only by vendors competing on the basis of proprietary, vertically integrated solution "stacks" with little cross-vendor compatibility. Now, that situation is changing. A generation of workstations built around either single or multiple Intel Pentium II processors extends the value economics of the PC industry into workstations.
Intel has assembled a team of workstation experts in its Workstation Products Division (WPD) to supply building blocks, technologies and programs to OEMs, IHVs and software developers to accelerate the development of the Intel architecture workstation market. System vendors and applications providers alike have been quick to embrace the Pentium II processor's computational muscle and the maturity of Windows NT for workstation use.
The biggest benefit of a single architecture that scales from personal computers to workstations is maximum access to the innovations in both. For users, the Intel Architecture workstation provides high-performance with outstanding price/performance. It also contributes significantly to lowering the total cost of ownership (TCO) of workstation computing. In essence, more space and convenience to engineering, lower cost-per-resource to management, lower support costs, and less need for duplicate equipment.
At the heart of the new workstation architecture is Intel's Pentium II processor introduced in May 1997. The Pentium II processor, now available in frequencies up to-400 MHz, delivers the performance required for workstation applications. Visit the workstation application performance benchmark page for more information
Over the coming months you will continue to see exciting announcements in the area of workstation advancements based on the Intel architecture. These systems will possess all the key features you have come to expect from an engineering workstation, at an incredible price point:
- High-performance CPU
- Sophisticated 3-D graphics subsystems
- Built-in scalability
- Fast, highly expandable I/O, including advanced networking support
- Configurability to support hundreds of megabytes of RAM and terabytes of disk storage
At the October '97 Microprocessor Forum, Intel announced that the first member of its new family of 64-bit microprocessors, code named Merced processors, is scheduled for production in 1999.
The processor, still under development, will extend the Intel Architecture with new levels of performance and features for servers and workstations. In addition, Merced processors will be compatible with all the software that currently operates on 32-bit Intel processor-based workstations. For more information on IA-64* processors and Merced, please visit the Intel Microprocessor Forum site.
A successful workstation is much more than a powerful processor. Intel is committed to continue working with other companies throughout the industry to ensure that all the technologies and products are in place to deliver optimal workstation solutions based on the Intel architecture.
For more information about Intel Architecture based workstations, please visit Intel's Workstation web site.
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* Legal Information © 1998 Intel Corporation
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