FenixSoft Co., Ltd. ("FenixSoft", headquarters: Shinjuku, Tokyo; President: Kengo Aoki) announced today that it has released "nine1.0.0.", the official version of nine, a network library for online game development. A free download of the official version of nine is available from FenixSoft's website as of today.

■ Network library for online game development, nine
「nine has been used by customers from all over the world. The total number of downloads is over 430 packages in the four months since its initial release.As part of a technology research and development project, FenixSoft officially launched the development project nine, which is designed to support developers of network applications.At the same time, FenixSoft has realized high-speed and stable performance of a core communication module, and released the official version of nine as "nine ver.1.0.0."

■ nine ver1.0.0
nine ver1.0.0 not only provides high-speed communication performance but also comes with a multi-thread function, which enables a higher speed of communication processing and more efficient parallel processing.With these enhancements, nine can support performance and service at the maximum speed as a communication engine.This new version is compatible with the former release of nine. If you have been using nine, you will not have any problems with this new, official version.

◆ Specifications of nine ver1.0.0
Measurement environment
Server OS: Ubuntu 8.10 (Linux 2.6.24); CPU: Xeon 5110 * 2; Memory: 4 GB
Message size: 100 bytes
*This measurement is based on an environment designed for online games.
Measured value
– Throughput per process: 300,000 messages/sec; response time: 0.3 msec
– Connections per process: 10,000; 60,000 messages/sec

With the existing network library, an increase in the number of connections adversely affects the performance at an exponential rate. However, the throughput maintains virtually constant with nine.Considering the case of an ordinary large-scale online game, results of measurements show that nine is capable of stably handling MMO-class network processing only by executing one node (process) for a dual-core CPU environment.
nine enables developers to create network applications that require large-scale and heavily-loaded processing.

◆Comment from a developer◆
I am very pleased that we've finally released nine 1.0.
Version 1.0 is equipped with the necessary functions from the communication aspect of network games, and I believe that this product has everything needed for use in an actual environment in terms of its stability and performance. 。Not only it is suitable for developers of full-scale MMO games, but it is also a great tool if you are a developer of indie games since you can download it for free.We hope that nine will be used by as many developers as possible to create a variety of network-based games.
It would be more than we can dream of if this product helps to bring various network games to the world.

■ Future outlook
nine, which has been downloaded by customers all over the world, is now part of our technology development project. FenixSoft aims to upgrade this product from a free-of-charge communication module to a solution as an integrated development environment.Starting from nine1.0.0, equipped with a high-speed communication module as its core, we will be adding various functions and making it compatible with multiple platforms.We believe that we will be able to provide powerful development tools for online applications by reflecting feedback from this project in the development of online games.
FenixSoft hopes that nine, as a universal communication engine, will be contributing to the further technology innovation and market growth.

* Click here to see the nine1.0.0 release note

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FenixSoft Co., Ltd.
Kengo Aoki
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E-mail: nine@fenixsoft.jp

Company overview
FenixSoft Co., Ltd.
President: Kengo Aoki
Established: February 6, 2008
Capital: 4,200,000 yen
Number of employees: 15
Headquarters: MATSUDA BLD 6F, Shinjuku 6-20-29, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo
Business description: Research and development of network systems
Development of network based gamesbr /> URL: http://www.fenixsoft.jp/
E-mail: info@fenixsoft.jp