The customer
database is a 100 terabyte (TB) data warehouse , and is more than triple the
size of the world's largest database (29.
"This year's Winter TopTen Program results clearly highlight Oracle
Database as the industry's only database that meets the full range of business
needs at the largest scale for both transaction processing and data
warehousing ," said Andy Mendelsohn, senior vice president of Database Server
Technologies, Oracle.com, 781-642 -0300, or
http://www.com.
The new capabilities enable semiconductor fabs to better use the
ArchestrA application platform's extensive connectivity,
visualization, and data storage and management features to build
fab-wide EES. Dynamic online dashboards can now provide user-defined and
automatic queries , charts, tabular displays, KPI flags and links to
other dashboards.

ArchestrA Capabilities

These new features enhance the ArchestrA application platform's
functionality for semiconductor advanced process control (APC),
complementing the EDA interface, application integration tools,
analytical clients, developer environment and intranet portal to
provide a robust and scalable APC environment .com/about_us/news/wwarchestra. All other
brands and product names may be the trademarks or service marks of
their respective owners.

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Any commercial
implementation with a minimum of one TB of data for on any platform was
eligible to participate in the program.
The ArchestrA application platform provides a user-friendly EDA
interface for definition and management of data collection plans for
an entire fab.
The new embedded database calculations provide automatic interval
data between production events, integral data for rate data and
advanced data sample algorithms.
The ArchestrA application platform is a complete development,
integration, deployment, execution and support environment for
mission-critical manufacturing applications.

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In all, Oracle customers made up 58 percent (102 of 175) of the
validated Winter TopTen Program participants. at info1@wintercorp. The
ArchestrA application platform also had been implemented by several
major North American and Asian chipmakers for facility monitoring and
control systems for production information management in research and
development fabs.
"The enhanced ArchestrA application platform is well-suited to the
special needs of the semiconductor industry because it enables
customers to quickly and easily build EES applications for wafer fabs
that meet their specific requirements," Tock said. It combines data collection with time-series
extensions in an embedded relational database, fully integrating
process data with events, summary, production and configuration
information.

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, Oracle today
announced that Oracle powers the world's largest commercial database,
according to the Winter Corporation 2005 TopTen (TM) Program.

Addendum

Winter Corporation 2005 TopTen Program Details

-- The world's largest commercial database runs Oracle Database
-- The world's largest commercial data warehouse runs Oracle Database
-- The world's largest commercial UNIX data warehouse runs Oracle Database
-- The world's largest commercial Linux data warehouse runs Oracle
Database
-- The world's largest scientific database runs Oracle Database
-- Oracle Database powers nine of the world's 10 largest UNIX OLTP systems
-- Oracle Database powers 100 percent of all Linux DSS and OLTP systems
measured in the Winter Corporation 2005 TopTen Program
-- Oracle customers represent 58 percent of the all validated participants
in the Winter Corporation 2005 TopTen Program

Based on Microsoft SQL Server
technology, this functionality is significantly faster than standard
database systems and saves data in a fraction of the space .com

Wonderware Exhibit at European AEC/APC Conference

Wonderware will provide demonstrations and explanations of its
production and performance management applications at the 6th annual
European AEC/APC Semiconductor Conference in Dublin, Ireland from
April 6-8.

About the Wonderware and ArchestrA Business Units and Invensys

Visit www.asp

Note to Editors: Invensys, Wonderware and ArchestrA are trademarks
of Invensys plc, its subsidiaries and affiliated companies.

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Trademarks
Oracle, JD Edwards, and PeopleSoft are registered trademarks of Oracle
Corporation and/or its affiliates.wonderware.

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Winter Corporation defines database
size as user data plus indices .

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Oracle is the only database vendor whose
customers posted top results on Linux, UNIX and Windows platforms. Oracle continues to
meet our customers' requirement to run their databases on any operating system
and hardware platform they choose.oracle.

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European AEC/APC Conference 2005

DUBLIN, Ireland----Expanding on its
technology development commitment to the semiconductor market,
Wonderware (UIR:PQG2336) has released new enhancements for the
ArchestrA application platform focused on fab-wide equipment
engineering systems (EES)."

Process Connectivity

Process engineers can now quickly analyze and identify important
relationships among production , process and equipment data using
detailed, real-time data from many different types of devices spread
across a variety of locations and time frames.

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All customer respondents were required to complete the
Winter TopTen Program survey and validate their entry by running the SQL
Validation Script against their production system.
Moreover, it supports both custom in-house development and third -party
package integration, allowing semiconductor IT organizations to make
effective buy vs.

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"Wonderware continues its efforts to provide the semiconductor
market with a robust solution for creating and managing
mission-critical production systems," said Kevin Tock, Wonderware vice
president of advanced applications and alliances. Data is automatically
mapped directly to application objects and stored in the real-time
database for later analysis.

Visualization

Production managers can now use a new automated navigation portal
feature for personalized information delivery and drill-down
navigation.

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2 TB) in the previous TopTen Program
(November 2003), which was also powered by Oracle. Oracle also powers nine of the world's top 10
UNIX online transaction processing (OLTP) database implementations and eight
of the world's top 10 Most Rows /Records for the OLTP UNIX categories. As part of the rigorous
survey process, respondents must have a validated database that meets the
survey's requirements.wintercorp. The enhancements provide fast correlation
of process data with production events, easy ad hoc navigation through
data from multiple data sources and new calculations embedded into its
integrated real-time database. These include many tried and proven serial
interfaces for specialized equipment to reduce application deployment
time.
For more information on Wonderware's APC and EES capabilities for
semiconductor manufacturing , visit gosemi.

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addition, the survey determined that the world's largest transaction
processing system on UNIX runs Oracle(R) Database, with more than 16 TB of
data. Three of the 10 largest UNIX data warehouses run Oracle.
The ArchestrA application platform has been selected by
International Sematech Manufacturing Initiative as the host system for
validation of equipment data acquisition (EDA) interfaces on process
tools and has been adopted by a major memory chipmaker for wet-etch
monitoring , particle count monitoring and cryopump management.

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newscom. "ArchestrA
technology enables semiconductor fabs to deploy sustainable, highly
integrated applications that address their stringent requirements for
agility, scalability, reliability and cost-effectiveness.
The new portal capability provides ad hoc navigation across
multiple data sources, such as external databases, file systems and
Web sites.

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The complete results of the Winter TopTen Program are available at:
http://www.com /VLDB/2005_TopTen_Survey/TopTenWinners_2005.

Wonderware Announces Enhancements to ArchestrA Application Platform for Fab-Wide Equipment Engineering Systems

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8 TB, good enough for sixth overall in the top 10
largest data warehouse category. The ArchestrA
application platform addresses this need with a scalable, integrated
real-time database. Integrated data
processing, storage and management features provide high data quality
and universal, secure access capabilities for all system users .wonderware.

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In a short amount of time, this low-cost platform has proven it
can support the most demanding commercial requirements. For more
information, contact Winter Corp.wintercorp.

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The world 's largest Linux data
warehouse measures 24.
"We are pleased to recognize the achievements of individuals and
enterprises that advance practices at or beyond the frontiers in large scale
data management systems," said Richard Winter, president of Winter
Corporation. Other names may be trademarks of their
respective owners."
Since the introduction of the ArchestrA application platform to
the semiconductor industry in 2004, the technology has seen increased
acceptance among major worldwide semiconductor fabs for driving
production performance improvements. build decisions for each individual application. For more information, speak with a representative at
Wonderware's exhibit table.

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com/cgi-bin/prnh/20020718/ORCLLOGO )
Overall, Oracle customers run four of the world's top 10 largest decision
support system (DSS) databases.
For more information about Oracle, visit our Web site at:
http://www.NET technologies.

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In total, 12 systems (eight DSS and
four OLTP systems ) running Linux were measured -- all of them running Oracle
Database. They can view real-time production data and summary
reports in many ways, using standard online trending, graphing and
reporting tools.

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This year's survey marks the first time that the Linux operating system
had its own categories for DSS and OLTP. "We're also pleased at the strong showing of Linux in
this program ."

Measuring the World's Largest Databases
The Winter TopTen Program identifies the world's leading database
implementations based on Database Size and Workload.

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Two of these Linux data warehouse systems cracked the TopTen All
Environments in the database size category.
The ArchestrA application platform offers fabs an open development
architecture with the agility and scalability to effectively compete
in the rapidly changing semiconductor manufacturing industry.

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Winter surveyed Oracle customers from 20 countries on five continents, in
11 industries from government to healthcare to retail to telecommunications,
among others.asp

About Oracle
Oracle (Nasdaq: ORCL) is the world's largest enterprise software company.

About Winter Corporation
Winter Corporation is an independent consulting firm that helps customers
maximize the value of their large-scale data management systems. More than 800 interfaces are available for direct
connection to real-time data sources, such as sensor buses, PLCs and
real-time interfaces.

Data Storage and Management

Storage and management of massive amounts of real-time information
is as important to EES applications as connectivity.

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The ArchestrA application platform provides a robust
distributed object environment using Microsoft .

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Oracle Powers 100 Terabyte Data Warehouse - the World's Largest Commercial Database

Winter Corporation Survey Results Show that Oracle is the Only Database Vendor
to Produce Leading Customer Results on Linux, UNIX and Windows Platforms

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. "The contributions of Oracle and its customers in making the
TopTen Program successful are greatly appreciated. "The enhancements
are designed to accelerate the adoption of the new Interface A
standards by reducing the time and effort needed to use process,
production and equipment data to improve manufacturing operations.