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DAILY NEWS AND INFORMATION
FOR THE GLOBAL GRID COMMUNITY /
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Systems/Enterprise:
AMD JOINS OSDL, RECOGNIZES SUPPORT
FOR AMD64
AMD announced its membership in the Open Source Development Labs (OSDL),
demonstrating a continued and strengthening commitment between the development
community and AMD.
AMD also announced recognition of the leadership role taken by the
open-source
community to optimize software that allows customers to deploy the powerful
performance of the AMD Opteron, AMD Athlon 64 FX and AMD Athlon 64
processors.
"The open-source community is made up of visionaries and technologists in
the
trenches who see firsthand the dramatic performance gains possible with
AMD64," said Marty Seyer, vice president and general manager of AMD's
Microprocessor Business Unit. "We've led the way in making pervasive 32- and
64-bit processing widely available with AMD64. In turn, the skilled developers
in this open-source community have embraced the AMD64 platform, making it
possible for many of the world's greatest computers to tap this powerful
technology today."
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"Open-source developers have a long-standing commitment to innovative
technology," said Linus Torvalds. "By incorporating expertise from individuals
and industry alike, Linux has extended its reach through the x86 platform on a
global basis. 64-bit extensions represent another major step forward, and the
open-source community was quick to recognize that potential."
OSDL is a global consortium dedicated to accelerating the growth and
adoption
of Linux and the support of open-source solutions in the data center and on
the desktop.
"With the rapid increase of Linux deployments on AMD technology, AMD will
be
significant contributors to OSDL's continued success," said Stuart Cohen, CEO
of OSDL. "We're pleased that AMD is joining OSDL as they will contribute a
wealth of knowledge and expertise towards our mission of advancing Linux in
the enterprise."
Some of the most notable open-source software projects for AMD64 range from
high-performance computing and enterprise applications to small business and
consumer software. AMD recognizes the support from leading Linux distributors
Red Hat, SUSE LINUX, Mandrakesoft and Turbolinux; Linux community projects
like cAos, Debian, Fedora, Gentoo and Tao; and, UNIX projects NetBSD, FreeBSD
and OpenBSD.
"SUSE has long been an innovator in the 64-bit Linux market and drove the
Linux port of AMD64 in early 2000, enabling enterprise customers who were
looking for performance enhancements available only through the 64-bit
architecture to benefit from the stability and security of Linux," said Markus
Rex, general manager of SUSE LINUX for Novell. "As a result, SUSE LINUX
Enterprise Server for AMD64 is expertly tuned for AMD Opteron processors,
combining leading Linux technology with a powerful architecture for high-
performance computing."
"Red Hat has worked closely with AMD to help ensure that Red Hat Enterprise
Linux allows users to fully utilize the power and flexibility of AMD Opteron
processor-based systems," said Mike Evans, vice president of Partner
Development at Red Hat. "We are committed to providing our customers support
for the most advanced technology available. Red Hat and AMD will continue to
work together to move 64-bit computing on Linux into the enterprise."
In addition, open-source projects that continue to be optimized for AMD64
include the GNU Compiler Collection and debuggers, MPICH, as well as LinuxBIOS
for cluster configurations, and Apache, Sendmail and MySQL IT infrastructure
applications.
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