HP includes e3000s in IA-64 Access Centers

June 2000
HP includes e3000s in IA-64 Access Centers

HP announced it was expanding its Designing the Future program to open Partner Technology Access Centers (PTACs), help that lets software vendors tailor applications to IA-64 designs for forthcoming systems.

The e3000 division confirmed that HP e3000s are part of the PTAC program, even though the platform and MPE/iX went unmentioned in an HP press release about the PTACs. “The Partner Technology Access Centers include PA-RISC HP e3000 servers today,” said CSY press liaison Colleen Mueller. “The PTAC is available to HP e3000 ISVs who are members of the CSPP Program for porting assistance and for certifying applications and tools on the latest MPE/iX releases.”

Such access centers were a key element in getting HP 3000 software moved to the PA-RISC technology in the late 1980s, when MPE made its transition to MPE/XL. Mueller added that “At the point in the future that we are ready to begin early testing of MPE/iX on IA-64 platforms, we will make these servers available to our ISVs to help accelerate their development of IA-64-based solutions.”