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“Since the launch of the AMD Opteron processor, AMD has led the
industry with flawless execution on enterprise products and we take
great pride in the strong endorsements from our enterprise customers,” said Marty Seyer, corporate vice president and general manager of the Microprocessor Business Unit, Computation Products Group, AMD. “These models of the AMD Opteron processor with Direct Connect Architecture bring the newest level of performance to our customers. The platforms our partners launched today feature the world’s highest performing 4P and 2P processors for 32- and 64-bit computing.”
AMD has made significant enhancements to the AMD Opteron
processor with these new models. Performance-enhancing features include support for SSE3 software instructions as well as an increase in the HyperTransport performance through an increase in bus frequency, to 1GHz.
Server and workstation systems featuring the AMD Opteron
processor will soon be enabled with AMD PowerNow!™ technology with
Optimized Power Management. “This technology helps to minimize overall power consumption for enterprise IT and workstation customers by decreasing strain on datacenter cooling and ventilation systems,” said Seyer.
Industry support
With the support of more than 300 independent software vendors and
open source software organizations worldwide, representing 1,050
software packages, AMD64 technology has become the industry standard
for simultaneous 32-/64-bit computing. AMD continues to demonstrate
growing momentum in the enterprises market, with more than 40 percent
of the Forbes Global 100 companies or their affiliates now using AMD
Opteron processor-based systems. Today, AMD OEM and system builder
partners introduced several new platforms based on the award-winning
processor.
“HP is responding to customer demand for new levels of
performance and price-performance by expanding our ProLiant and
Workstation portfolios, reinforcing our leading position in
standards-based computing,” said Paul Miller, vice president of
marketing, Industry Standard Servers and BladeSystem, HP. “Together,
with AMD’s delivery of the powerful new AMD Opteron processors Model
252 and 852, we’re announcing high-performance, dense and
power-efficient ProLiant blade servers. In addition, we are expanding
the most-trusted server family with the ProLiant DL385 and delivering
the new HP xw9300 Workstation. Setting the stage for the next
generation of performance, these systems are designed with dual core in mind, providing our customers with a compelling choice when it comes to meeting their most demanding x86 performance needs.”
"IBM was the first major vendor to offer AMD Opteron processor-based servers. The high-performance A-Pro IntelliStation and the IBM e326, which has been designed to support the AMD dual-core specification, both continue to deliver the performance and flexibility that our customers demand," said Leo Suarez, vice president, eServer division, IBM Systems and Technology Group. "IBM eServer technology
like Xtended Design Architecture, combined with the latest AMD Opteron processor models, further enhances our ability to meet customers' growing need for optimal performance per watt."
“Our x64 (64-bit x86) systems powered by AMD Opteron
processors provide our customers with the highest levels of performance and flexibility, to develop and deploy applications on virtually any operating system with seamless 32- and 64-bit compatibility,” said Lisa Sieker, vice president, Network Systems Group, Sun Microsystems, Inc. “We recently celebrated the one-year anniversary of our alliance with AMD and will soon be celebrating an extremely successful first year selling systems based on the AMD Opteron processor. We’ve enjoyed rapid double-digit growth in these high-volume markets and look forward to continuing our successful collaboration with AMD.”
Sun Microsystems currently has a robust line of AMD Opteron
processor-based systems, including the Sun Java Workstation W1100z, Sun Java Workstation W2100z, the 2P Sun Fire V20z server and the 4P Sun Fire V40z x64 servers. All are designed to include the newest AMD
Opteron processors.
As the latest solution provider to offer AMD Opteron processor-based servers, Egenera today announced two-way and four-way Processing Blade configurations for the Egenera BladeFrame system—a new
computing architecture that simplifies the datacenter and reduces
operational complexity to support a highly responsive business.
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