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DAILY NEWS AND INFORMATION
FOR THE GLOBAL GRID COMMUNITY / JULY 28, 2003; VOL. 2 NO. 30
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Breaking News -
Platforms:
AMD Expands Options For 4-Way And
8-Way Enterprise Computing
AMD has announced an expansion of its family of AMD Opteron processors with
the new AMD Opteron processor 800 Series, for 4-way and 8-way servers and the
100 Series, for 1-way servers and workstations.
The new AMD Opteron processors join the AMD Opteron processor 200 Series
launched in April 2003. AMD Opteron processors are designed to enable an easy
migration to 64-bit computing for enterprise and small and medium businesses
as their needs require, while maintaining backward compatibility with 32-bit
applications. Based on the industry-standard x86 instruction set, AMD Opteron
processors offer increased flexibility and scalability for enterprise
computing.
The 800 Series is scalable for up to 8-way servers and can meet customers’
long-range computing needs for enterprise infrastructure and applications by
offering a simplified, non-proprietary server platform. 4P servers based on
the 800 Series offer the world’s highest performance according to previously
released benchmarks from the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation
(SPEC).
The AMD Opteron processor 100 Series is targeted at 1P server applications,
such as those used by Internet and application service providers, and
intensive workstation applications such as engineering and digital content
creation software. Based on AMD64 architecture, both the AMD Opteron processor
100 Series and 800 Series offer increased bandwidth and reduced memory latency
through leading-edge HyperTransport technology and an integrated DDR memory
controller.
"AMD continues to lead the industry in providing flexibility to our
workstation and server customers," said Marty Seyer, vice president and
general manager of AMD’s Microprocessor Business Unit. "We delivered on our
promise to provide the highest-performing 2P and 4P server processor in the
world. We are now offering IT managers a complete range of 64-bit solutions
that are designed to protect investments in 32-bit applications and lower
their total cost of ownership."
Availability
AMD Opteron processor Models 840, 842 and 844 and AMD Opteron processor
Models
140, 142, and 144 are immediately available worldwide. Systems based on the
AMD Opteron processor Models 840, 842 and 844 are available in North America
through the recently announced Validated Server Program. A number of system
builders, including APPRO, Aspen Systems, Inc., and RackSaver, Inc., are among
the first to offer servers through this program.
Motherboards based on the AMD Opteron processor Models 140, 142, and 144
are
expected to be available worldwide in July 2003 from ASUS with chipset support
from NVIDIA. Systems based on the AMD Opteron processor 100 Series are
expected to be available from such vendors as Angstrom MicroSystems and Boxx
Technologies in the third quarter of 2003.
Pricing
In 1,000-unit quantities, the AMD Opteron processor Model 840 is $749, the
AMD
Opteron processor Model 842 is $1299 and the AMD Opteron processor Model 844
is $2149. Also in 1,000-unit quantities, the AMD Opteron processor Model 140
is $229, the AMD Opteron processor Model 142 is $438 and the AMD Opteron
processor Model 144 is $669. For a complete listing of AMD processor pricing,
please visit www.amd.com/pricing.
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