PLX Delivers Reliable, Power-Saving Performance in Fujitsu and SUN SPARC Enterprise M3000 Servers

The SPARC Enterprise M3000 servers deliver mission-critical, mainframe-class reliability, availability and serviceability (RAS) in an ultra-dense open system at an entry-level price. The new M3000 system is an ideal platform for single-threaded enterprise applications, including databases, BIDW, ERP, and CRM. The SPARC Enterprise M3000 is powered by Fujitsu's single quad-core SPARC64™ VII processor and Sun Microsystems'® Solaris™ 10 operating system.



The SPARC Enterprise M3000 server, while supported by PLX switch technology, strikes a perfect balance between reliability, performance and power efficiency, said Kenichi Sakai, general manager, Mission Critical Server Division of Fujitsu Ltd. Fujitsu chose PLX for our high-speed interconnect requirements on the SPARC Enterprise M3000 server because of its proven technology that meets our very high standards. PLX also provides us with a valuable technical support team.



The PLX ExpressLane PEX 8533 offers 32 PCIe lanes and six flexible ports that enable users to add scalable, high-bandwidth I/O to a wide variety of applications, including servers, storage, communications, blade servers, and embedded-control systems. The PEX 8533 is well suited for fan-out, aggregation, peer-to-peer, backplane, and switch fabric applications. The PEX 8533 architecture supports packet cut-through and leads the industry with lowest latency of 115ns.



With a commitment to innovation and leadership in PCI Express and our other core businesses, PLX has set the standard in quality and reliability with solutions capable of meeting the rigorous demands of industry-leading customers like Fujitsu, said Gene Schaeffer, vice president of worldwide sales at PLX. We work relentlessly at providing both silicon and software solutions that are designed to improve and differentiate our customers' products, and we are happy to have been able to meet these goals with Fujitsu.