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Dataram Launches 128GB Memory Upgrade for Sun Fire V890 Servers; Sun's New Dual Core UltraSPARC IV+ Processors Ideal for 2X Memory Capacity

Posted on: Tuesday, 4 October 2005, 09:00 CDT

Dataram (NASDAQ: DRAM) today announced a powerful new "Maximizer XXL" memory upgrade for Sun Microsystems' Sun Fire V890 server. The DRS880/128GB enables customers to double the memory capacity of the V890 from 64 to 128GB--a powerful option designed to fully utilize the technological advances of the new UltraSPARC IV+ processors.

The DRS880/128GB is an attractively priced bundle of sixty-four 2GB DIMMs designed to fully populate all slots of the Sun Fire V890. For just an additional $12,000*, customers can double the memory capacity of Sun's 64GB V890 "Extra Large" model.

The UltraSPARC IV+ processor uses Chip Multithreaded Technology that supports two simultaneous threads as a result of two independent cores. Each processor runs at 1.5 GHz speed with 2MB of L2 cache and 32MB L3 cache. With 8 processors and 16 cores, coupled with 128GB of system memory, a very powerful V890 is ready to take on the most demanding memory intensive applications.

The Sun Fire V490 is also an excellent candidate for Dataram's high-density 2GB DIMMs and features up to 4 UltraSPARC IV+ processors, 8 cores and 64GB of Dataram memory. In addition, the Sun Fire E2900-E6900 may be powered with Dataram's advanced 2GB high capacity memory modules.

"Sun has once again taken the lead in price performance for UNIX class servers with the rollout of the UltraSPARC IV+ upgrades. Dataram is committed to delivering the most powerful memory solutions for this server segment and to providing our customers with significant savings on memory upgrades of all capacities," stated Paul Henke, Director Product Marketing at Dataram.

* The promotional price of the Maximizer XXL DRS880/128GB is $56,000 which includes the trade-in of sixty-four 512MB Sun factory-installed DIMMs (an $8000 value) from a Sun V890 "Large" model. The combination of Dataram's 128GB upgrade ($56,000) and Sun's V890 "Large" model ($118,995 List Price) provides a total customer cost of $174,995 versus the 64GB Sun V890 "Extra Large" model with a List Price of $162,995--a difference of $12,000 for twice the memory capacity.

Memory offerings for the Sun Fire V890 and V490 include: Capacity Dataram Sun Configuration -------- ------- --- ------------- 2GB DRS280/2048 X7051A 4 x 512MB 4GB DRS280/4096 X7056A 4 x 1GB 8GB DRS880/8192 NOT OFFERED 4 x 2GB 128GB DRS880/128GB NOT OFFERED 64 x 2GB

About Dataram

Founded in 1967, Dataram is a worldwide leader in the design and manufacture of reliable, high capacity and innovative memory solutions. Dataram provides customized memory solutions for OEMs and memory upgrades for leading brands including HP, IBM, SGI, Sun Microsystems, Dell, Intel and AMD Opteron. For more information on all Dataram's memory offerings, visit www.dataram.com.

SPARC is a registered trademark of SPARC International, Inc. Products bearing SPARC trademarks are based on an architecture developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc.

All other names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

Source: Business Wire

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