HP Itanium® 2-Based Systems Now Available

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Last Modified On :   October 20, 2008 2:33 PM PDT
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Created jointly by Intel and HP, the Itanium® 2 Development Reference Platform for ISVs is a tested and integrated bundle of Intel Itanium 2 processor-based servers and development tools that ISVs need to port to or develop their applications on Intel Itanium 2.

The Developer Reference Platform features include:

  • An HP 4-way server rx5670 with Intel® Itanium® 2 processors.
  • For Windows* users: A pre-loaded version of Microsoft Windows Advanced Server LE Version 1.2, pre-loaded Intel software development tools, a CD with Intel software development tools, and a recovery DVD that can be used to restore the hard drive to the factory defaults.
  • For Linux* users: Four CDs containing a Beta version of Red Hat Linux Advanced Server, Version 2.1 for the Itanium Processor, which includes the open source tools such as gcc, gdb, glibc, perl, bash, and bison. A CD with Intel software development tools for Linux and Intel® VTune™ Performance Analyzer for Windows is also included.
  • For HP-UX * users: Four CD/DVDs containing the HP-UX 11i version 1.6 Media Kit (HP-UX OE and Technical OE, HP-UX software development tools and documentation), and 2 CDs with the Linux Porting Kit (Linux APIs, SDK, and open source tools).
  • Membership in the Intel Software Network Intel® Software Partner Program. As part of the Intel Software Partner Program, you receive access to expertise on Intel Itanium architecture, optimization techniques, and software development tools.
  • Membership in the HP Developer and Solution Partner Program (DSPP). The benefits of membership in the DSPP include extensive technical, marketing and sales assistance and access to many of the same technical resources available to HP engineers.
  • Hardware and operating system support from Hewlett Packard.

 

Intel® Software Development Tools:

The DRP includes the latest builds of the following Intel software development tools, which are optimized for the Itanium 2 processor.

  • Intel® C++ Compiler
  • Intel® Fortran Compiler
  • Intel® VTune™ Performance Analyzer
  • Intel® Integrated Performance Primitives Library
  • Intel® Math Kernel Library

 

To gain access to the Itanium 2 Developer Reference Platform, and other Intel processors, join the Intel Software Partner Program now.