Kaohsiung City Government Targets Intel^TM Architecture
For Next-Generation Infrastructure

Government and Intel Agree To Technology Collaboration, Including
Intel^TM Itanium^TM Processor Family-Based Bio-Informatics Grid

TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Intel Corporation has announced an initiative with the city government that aims to transform Kaohsiung into an "e-City" through next-generation technological deployments. The e-Kaohsiung initiative is a collaboration between Kaohsiung (KHCG), the second-largest city in Taiwan, and Intel to deploy Intel^TM Architecture-based technologies to help accelerate the city's economic development through cost-effective, high-performance and open standards-based computing and communications platforms. Under the agreement, Intel will serve as the lead technical provider and consultant for KHCG's initiative.

Itanium Processor-Powered Bio-Informatics Grid

Intel will help KHCG build a world-class Bio-Informatics Grid powered by servers based on the Intel^TM Itanium^TM processor family. KHCG intends to build a Bio-Informatics Grid, a clustered grid of high performance computers, to provide the necessary computing power for the city's researchers to accelerate progress on various life sciences initiatives.

The Intel^TM Itanium^TM processor family has been designed from the ground up to meet the stringent requirements of scientific researchers, such as superior floating-point performance, memory performance and support for large data sets.

e-Harbor Project

Kaohsiung Harbor now ranks third in the world in terms of cargo volume. KHCG intends to build a world-class "e-Harbor," combining intelligence systems and services of the city's harbor and airport, and will collaborate with Intel to build an open standards technology infrastructure of servers, clients, wireless products and broadband networking systems based on Intel technologies.

The deployment would include Intel^TM Pentium^TM 4 processor-based desktop computers, Intel^TM Xeon^TM processor and Itanium processor-based servers, and latest generation Intel wireless products.

"Kaohsiung has transformed itself from an industrial city into a port city rich in both culture and technology," said Kaohsiung Mayor Frank Shieh. "To sustain the city for the international challenges that lay ahead, many important development projects are already underway or being planned. We are excited by this cooperation with Intel, whose standards-based technology and experience can accelerate our e-Kaohsiung initiative for improving public service quality and enhancing our knowledge-based government."

"Intel Architecture-based computing and communications platforms deliver a broad choice of high-performance, cost-effective and flexible solutions that are based on industry standards," said John Davies, vice president and director of Intel's solutions market development group. "These building blocks provide the foundation for powerful and innovative hardware and software solutions, and can provide long-term investment protection for the e-Kaohsiung initiative. We congratulate the city of Kaohsiung on its 'e-city' initiative, and look forward to working with officials to deliver their vision."

"The process of taking a government body online is a complex and time-consuming task, and calls for great expertise and advanced technology," said Erh Jen, director of the Institute for Information Industry's south region. "KHCG values Intel's experience with developing and deploying next-generation technology, and expects future projects to benefit from the advantages of open standards platforms."

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