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World's Highest Performing x86 Processors + Industry Leading Partners = Broad Range of Solutions for Your Business
We are pleased to announce the AMD Opteron processor Models 252 and 852, the world's highest performing processors for x86 2P and 4P servers and 1P and 2P workstations. Based on AMD64 technology with Direct Connect Architecture, the AMD Opteron processor provides enterprise-class performance and helps ensure unparalleled investment protection and helps reduce the total cost of ownership for your business.

Even more exciting than the latest additions to our AMD Opteron processor family line-up is the overwhelming partner support that comes with them. The AMD Opteron processor family is as good as the company we keep. Read on - it only gets better!

HP has expanded their AMD Opteron platform portfolio to include the dual core-ready HP ProLiant DL385 server; two new blade servers, HP ProLiant BL25p server and HP ProLiant BL35p server; and finally, the HP xw9300 2P workstation. The HP ProLiant DL585 and HP ProLiant DL145 servers are also available with our new AMD Opteron processor Models 252 and 852. "HP is responding to customer demand for new levels of price-performance by expanding our ProLiant and Workstation portfolios, which reinforces 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 processor Models 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 HP ProLiant DL385 and delivering the new HP x9300 Workstation. Setting the stage for the next generation of performance, these systems are designed with dual core in mind and provide our customers with a compelling choice when it comes to meeting their most demanding x86 performance needs."

IBM's eServer 326 also features the new line-up of AMD Opteron processors. "IBM was the first major vendor to offer AMD Opteron processor-based servers. The high-performance IntelliStation A Pro 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 two workstations, the Sun Java W1100z and W2100Z, and two servers; the 2P Sun Fire V20z server and the 4P Sun Fire V40z server. All will feature the newest AMD Opteron processors with Direct Connect Architecture.

In conjunction with our Models 252 and 852 launch, support for the AMD Opteron processor family comes from a new partner, Egenera. Egenera, an enterprise-server provider with expertise in virtualization and utility computing, recently added
2-way and 4-way Egenera Processing Blade configurations based on AMD Opteron processors to their Egenera BladeFrame system.

Fujitsu Siemens Computers, the leading European IT provider, will offer the CELSIUS V-810 workstation based on the AMD Opteron processor, Model 252. "Fujitsu Siemens Computers offers the CELSIUS V-810 workstation to satisfy the growing customer need for optimal performance and power consumption as well, combining the latest technology with reliable support," said Dr. Andreas Timmel, Vice President Business Clients of Fujitsu Siemens Computers. "Systems based on the AMD Opteron processor, Model 252 deliver flexibility, performance and substantial customer-centric benefits to meet workstation needs."

Other AMD Opteron processor-based systems for servers and workstations are available from our vast network of solution providers.

All AMD Opteron processor Models 252 and 852 include support for AMD PowerNow!™ technology with Optimized Power Management (OPM). AMD PowerNow! technology optimizes the performance and thermal output of an AMD Opteron processor based on application demand, helping reduce electrical and cooling costs associated with system management while at the same time improving environmental acoustics.

Find out more about server and workstation solutions based on the AMD Opteron processor family and how they can help enhance your business>>>

Expanded HP Product Portfolio Features New Server, Blades and Workstation Solutions Powered by
AMD Opteron Processors
Proven performance for demanding scale-out applications is a key take away when exploring the features and benefits that come with HP's new ProLiant DL385 server equipped with up to two AMD Opteron processors Model 250 or the newest member or our product family, Model 252. This new server solution from HP is ideal for a variety of businesses and a wide array of applications. If your business location is limited on space, this solution may be a perfect fit for your rack environments.

Looking for dual AMD Opteron processor-based computing power? Consider HP's new ProLiant BL35p server blade with the AMD Opteron processor Model 250, which delivers outstanding price/performance for front-end and load-balanced applications. Additionally, applications that require high-bandwidth and low-latency access to system memory, such as those found in HPC environments, will benefit from the use of the AMD Opteron processor in the HP ProLiant BL35p server blade design. Data center environments that are facing rack space and power constraints are also ideal for an HP ProLiant BL35p server blade implementation.

In addition to the ProLiant BL35p server blade, HP has just introduced the HP ProLiant BL25p server blade which allows you to design a storage architecture that incorporates application, database, and file server solution functionality. This ProLiant BL25p server blade is optimized for HP StorageWorks and is also compatible with a variety of third-party storage vendors. The HP ProLiant BL25p is an outstanding solution for multiserver applications such as dynamic web hosting, application server, terminal server farm, and media streaming.

Tired of making your imagination wait? The HP xw9300 workstation equipped with dual AMD Opteron processors Model 250 or Model 252, delivers the computational performance, visualization power and I/O throughput to give you the time to try new ideas and techniques, work in real time, and spend less time waiting for your results. You can have it all. Run 32- and 64-bit applications simultaneously. With the HP xw9300 you don't have to compromise - existing 32-bit applications run at full performance and you choose to switch to 64-bit when you and your applications are ready.

Learn more about the extensive solutions from HP powered by AMD Opteron processors with Direct Connect Architecture>>>

Available for AMD64: Sun's Solaris 10 Operating System
Solaris 10 - arguably the most advanced UNIX operating system (OS) ever -- is here. Whether you're a business manager, an IT consultant or an application developer, Solaris 10 lets you do things like scale on the fly to accommodate surging workloads, consolidate multiple platforms into one easy-to-maintain system and automatically identify component failures before they happen.

Sun has carefully optimized Solaris 10 on every supported platform to help ensure that you get the most out of your hardware. They've strengthened their 32-bit x86 support for
AMD Opteron processors with Direct Connect Architecture and added 64-bit support for our processors based on AMD64 technology as well.

Solaris 10 is the one operating system where real innovation continues. Sun has designed some incredibly powerful and innovative features into Solaris 10 to help you do two things: reduce costs and reduce complexity. Put innovation to work for you and see what an OS can do for your bottom line.

The only industrial-grade UNIX environment for x86 systems, the Solaris Operating System (OS) provides enterprise-class functionality across systems based on AMD64 technology. The Solaris 10 OS offers many exciting new features designed to deliver the relentless availability, extreme performance, and unparalleled security today's enterprises demand. With the Solaris 10 OS, your business can leverage the benefits of the
AMD Opteron processor's industry-leading performance, yet standardize on a single operating system that can run throughout your enterprise.

Sun's AMD Opteron processor-based product line and the Solaris OS enable a risk-free growth path to 64-bit computing, helping you leverage the power and performance of 64-bit computing while protecting investments in 32-bit applications. 32-bit applications will continue to run seamlessly at the same, or higher, levels of performance.

Get the Solaris 10 information you need and download Solaris 10 software for your AMD Opteron processor-based Sun solution today>>>

Imagine You Could: Simplify Your Datacenter and Reduce Operational Complexity
AMD and Egenera have entered into a strategic alliance to deliver a high-performance, uniquely flexible datacenter solution, combining the power of the AMD Opteron processor with Egenera's virtualization technology. As part of this relationship, we have joined Egenera's Accelerate alliance program as a strategic Enterprise Technology Alliances member.

What does this mean for you? Simply stated, it means
AMD Opteron processors are now available on a utility computing platform designed specifically for your mission-critical datacenter applications.

Egenera offers both two-way and four-way Egenera Processing Blade configurations based on AMD64 technology for its Egenera BladeFrame system. Specifically, the new processing blade configurations incorporate the latest AMD Opteron processors Models 252 and 852 with Direct Connect Architecture.

The new four-way Egenera Processing Blade features the
AMD Opteron processor Model 852 with additional specifications including, 1 MB L2 cache and 32 GBs registered ECC DDR Chipkill memory. Egenera's two-way Processing Blade solution is powered by the AMD Opteron processor Model 252 with additional specifications including, 1 MB L2 cache and 8 GBs registered ECC DDR Chipkill memory -- both configurations include built-in support for HyperTransport™ technology.

"Combining AMD Opteron processor-based systems with the Egenera BladeFrame's virtualization technology can significantly reduce the number of elements in enterprise datacenters, helping to mitigate risks, reduce infrastructure costs and optimize IT budgets," noted Ben Williams, Vice President of our commercial and server/workstation business.

The Egenera BladeFrame's unique Processing Area Network (PAN) architecture has been proven in some of the world's most demanding IT environments. It supports multiple Processing Blade configurations and operating systems simultaneously, enabling your business to automatically align computing resources to application requirements and scale performance dynamically.

Learn more how an Egenera utility computing solution incorporating AMD Opteron processors can help simplify your datacenter operations, help reduce your infrastructure costs, while positively impacting your application lifecycle>>>

High-Performance Computing Meets its Match
The Appro 4148H is Appro's latest branded product designed to address the needs of high-performance computing. This four-way
AMD Opteron processor-powered server delivers high-compute performance with expandable storage capability and the reliability requirements of a broad range of enterprise and technical computing applications.

This server is ideal for compute-intensive graphics applications such as mechanical and engineering graphics simulation and rendering, scientific visualization, digital content creation and more.

The Appro 4U-4148H will address an even greater range of both high-performance and enterprise critical applications by continuing to work closely with us to help ensure optimal use of AMD64 technology with Direct Connect Architecture.

"Appro 4U-4148H servers based on four-way AMD Opteron processors deliver an outstanding portfolio of four-way processing server solutions. Users can increase project productivity through exceptional application, visualization and data-throughput while still achieving outstanding price/performance," said Daniel Kim, CEO of Appro.

This four-way server offers you leading 32-bit performance with an easy migration path to 64-bit computing - and if you order Appro's AMD Opteron processor-based 4148H server online between now and the end of the month, Appro will cover all the shipping costs!

Learn more about Appro's high-availability server based on
AMD Opteron processors with Direct Connect Architecture now>>>

University of California, Davis Powers Up Research with Sun Fire V20z Servers featuring AMD Opteron Processors
Looking to improve its high standing as a leading research institution, University of California, Davis (UC Davis) needed more compute power -- but it had to be affordable. After weighing several technology solutions, the University turned to Sun and its two-way Sun Fire V20z servers powered by AMD Opteron processors with Direct Connect Architecture.

UC Davis purchased 57 Sun Fire V20z servers featuring
AMD Opteron processors, switches for communication of nodes, and the Education Software Portfolio, including Sun Grid Engine 5.3 Enterprise Edition software and Sun Java System; the entire system was built by the Sun Customer Ready Systems (CRS) program reducing time and complexity of the implementation.

The results? Improved price/performance ratio of one of UC Davis' key grid computing infrastructure, improved collaboration among researchers, increased effectiveness and efficiencies of compute resources, dramatically improved manageability of the grid computing infrastructure and improved problem solving by enabling access to research from multiple disciplines.

Download the full UC Davis case study, access solution briefs from Sun and learn more about the features and benefits of Sun solutions based on AMD64 technology>>>

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