Product category: Embedded Software and Operating Systems
News Release from: Logic Technology | Subject: EXtremeDB-64
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 2 August 2006

In-memory embedded database goes 64bit

McObject has released eXtremeDB-64, the 64bit version of its eXtremeDB 3.0 in-memory embedded database for real-time enterprise and embedded systems

eXtremeDB-64 supports databases that are hundreds of times larger than the 32bit version, providing a powerful new tool in fields such as finance, science, computer simulation, and game production that demand instantaneous sorting, retrieval and manipulation of massive databases. 'Petroleum engineers analyse massive geospatial data stores to find profitably extractable resources'.

'Computer games must instantly access large 'scene graph' and 'world state' databases for realistic play'.

'Embedded, in-memory data management that takes full advantage of 64bit processing can significantly increase the productivity benefits and user experience of these and many other applications'.

'For this reason, we expect the marketplace to welcome eXtremeDB-64', Steve Graves, McObject cofounder and CEO, said.

eXtremeDB-64 is now available on the following operating systems and processors: HP-UX (Itanium), Solaris (Sparc), Linux64 (x64), and Windows Server 2003 64bit (x64).

compared with traditional 32bit processors, 64bit technology approximately doubles the amount of data a CPU can handle per clock cycle, and increases the amount of memory a system can address, from approximately 3Gbyte, to at least one terabyte (1000Gbyte).

eXtremeDB-64, as an in-memory database system (IMDS), leverages the increased available memory to support much larger databases, while continuing to deliver the performance-related benefits inherent in its all-in-memory design.

These include elimination of disk I/O, file management and caching logic, data transfer and duplication, and other sources of performance overhead that are 'hard-wired' into on-disk databases.

With eXtremeDB-64, McObject moves to the forefront of embedded databases in providing 64bit support.

Other 64bit databases (both in-memory and on-disk) are client-server products that entail separate database server and client application processes.

In contrast, as an embedded database, eXtremeDB is a library that is linked with the client application.

This eliminates client/server inter-process communication latency, providing eXtremeDB-64 with another significant performance advantage.

eXtremeDB-64 is available in Europe from Logic Technology.

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