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DAILY NEWS AND INFORMATION
FOR THE GLOBAL GRID COMMUNITY /
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Breaking News -
Platforms:
HP, AMD Form Relationship For
Server Innovation, Performance
HP and AMD announced an expanded collaboration to broaden HP's
standards-based
server portfolio with the introduction of AMD Opteron processor-based systems
in the HP ProLiant server family. The companies have agreed to work together
to drive next-generation server capabilities through a multi-year purchasing,
marketing and technology collaboration agreement.
"HP's Adaptive Enterprise strategy assures customers that they will have
the
broadest choice of industry standard-based platforms to meet their evolving
business needs," said Brad Anderson, senior vice president and general manager
of Industry Standard Servers at HP. "The AMD Opteron processor is an evolution
of current x86 architectures that can provide immediate performance advantages
in 32- bit environments, accelerate ISV adoption and further advance the
future of 64-bit ecosystems."
"HP, the market leader for servers, has chosen the AMD Opteron processor to
help expand their product offerings," said Marty Seyer, vice president and
general manager of the Microprocessor Business Unit at AMD. "Their decision to
incorporate AMD Opteron processors in the ProLiant family confirms AMD's
momentum in the enterprise and HP's commitment to providing customers more
choice on industry-standard platforms."
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As part of the announcement, HP introduced new industry-standard ProLiant
servers featuring the AMD Opteron processor, including the ProLiant DL145, a
two-processor server, and DL585, a four-processor workhorse, as well as plans
for future blade servers.
"Yahoo! is pleased to see HP ProLiant servers using the AMD Opteron
processor.
With all of the dependability and functionality we expect from the ProLiant
line, this is a welcome addition that makes a lot of sense for Yahoo!," said
Kevin Timmons, senior director of Operations for Yahoo!.
"We are very excited by HP's enhancement of its HPC roadmap by the addition
of
AMD Opteron processor-based ProLiant server nodes for large-scale clusters,"
said Mike Levine and Ralph Roskies, co-scientific directors at Pittsburgh
Supercomputing Center. "By providing a choice of HPC solutions, based on both
ProLiant and Integrity servers, HP is well-positioned to maintain its
leadership in HPC."
Working with AMD expands HP's unique ability to deliver industry-standard
solutions to all computing tiers of the data center. With its full line of
ProLiant servers, HP provides customers extensive value, support and technical
expertise. AMD Opteron processor-based ProLiant servers offer customers
cutting-edge 32- and 64-bit solutions that position HP for accelerated growth
in specific markets, including high-performance computing (HPC) applications,
memory-intensive applications and blade servers.
Building on its new AMD Opteron processor-based HP ProLiant servers, HP's
extensive portfolio of infrastructure solutions delivers consistency across
management, storage, operating system, solutions and professional services.
Ideal for applications needing expanded memory capabilities and outstanding
price/performance, AMD64 technology allows customers to leverage one platform
for both 32-bit and sophisticated 64-bit applications.
Complementary with HP's existing ProLiant, Integrity and NonStop server
offerings, the AMD Opteron processor is designed to deliver high-performance
server and workstation solutions for today's most demanding enterprise
applications. Key AMD Opteron processor innovations include an integrated
memory controller, which reduces memory latency, and HyperTransport
technology, which increases overall performance by removing or reducing
processor-to-processor and input/output bottlenecks, increasing bandwidth and
enabling the processor to use system memory more efficiently in high-end
multiprocessor systems.
More information about HP ProLiant servers is available at
www.hp.com/products
/servers/platforms.
About HP
HP is a technology solutions provider to consumers, businesses and
institutions globally. The company's offerings span IT infrastructure,
personal computing and access devices, global services and imaging and
printing. For the last four fiscal quarters, HP revenue totaled $74.7 billion.
More information about HP is available at www.hp.com.
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