“Research Triangle Park, NC — 27-10-2000 — Planning ahead, IBM
Corporation (NYSE: IBM) today announced that its Application
Solution Center* here is currently performing 64-bit porting
exercises to prepare for Intel’s (NasdaqNM: Intel) new
ItaniumTM processor, due later this year.”
The ASC, dedicated to maximizing the performance of IBM’s
industry-leading software, has been certified by Intel as a fully
qualified 32-bit performance tuning and 64-bit porting center. The
award-winning IBM DB2 Universal Database* was the first product
tested with the new chip and was prominently featured running on
new processor at LinuxWorld in mid-August..
“The ASC is just one way we’re maintaining our competitive
advantage in the software space,” said Rodney Thomas, Project
Manager for the IBM ASC. “We’ve created a real-world environment
that meets Intel’s guidelines – allowing our team to tune and
refine our software with Intel’s fastest processors, including the
new 64-bit Itanium chip. While a majority of the tuning and
porting exercises in the ASC are focused on Windows applications,
we are starting to expand our efforts to include other operating
platforms, such as Linux**.”
With simulated workstations located throughout the ASC, IBM
engineers are currently working on 64-bit porting exercises, as
well as fine-tuning IBM software for 32-bit processors to ensure
maximum performance.
“The IBM Application Solution Center is offering developers
facilities and tools to accelerate the introduction of Itanium
processor-based software solutions,” said Dan Russell, General
Manager of the Intel Solutions Enhancement Group. “The tools and
training offered will provide customers of IBM software on Itanium
processor-based systems an improved computing experience.”
For more information, please visit our Web site at: www.ibm.software.com
* Indicates a trademark of the IBM Corp.
** Indicates a trademark of Linus Torvalds.
Contact: Alise McNeill,
Voice: IBM Corporation
Email: alisem@us.ibm.com
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