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AMD Opteron™ Processors Just Got Cooler
Introducing the AMD Opteron processor Model 248 HE - our latest low-power processor designed to meet the needs of your business. The AMD Opteron processor Model HE produces only 55W of max power, but performs just like our standard-power AMD Opteron processor Model 248. Low-power AMD Opteron processors HE are an ideal solution for power-constrained datacenter environments that need to squeeze more performance out of the existing infrastructure. They're also great if you just want to help lower your monthly power and cooling bills while maintaining a high level of system performance.

"Our customers come to us for the most efficient, reliable data center server solutions designed to achieve high density levels with the best possible thermal and power management," said Giovanni Coglitore, Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Rackable Systems. "As one of the early adopters of the low-wattage AMD Opteron processors Model HE, Rackable Systems is pleased to offer our customers the next generation of solutions based on AMD Opteron processors Model HE."

Learn more about low-power AMD Opteron processors now>>>

On-Demand: HP and AMD Webinar Addresses New Solutions for Power, Performance and Density Problems in the Datacenter
Earlier this month, we collaborated with HP to deliver a real-time Webinar session addressing the topic of "New Solutions for Power, Performance and Density Problems in the Datacenter." We teamed with HP on this initiative because one of the most common concerns in our industry today is the delivery of sufficient power and cooling technologies into your datacenter or compute-intensive environments. Migrations to new operating systems and applications, plus opportunities for greater efficiency with consolidation and virtualization, continue to drive your requirements for more server power. And as processors become more powerful, their wattage requirements increase and the amount of cooling required grows right along with it. Density is another common concern, as more companies like yours crowd existing environments and look for more density and compute efficiency for IT infrastructures.

New technologies exist to address these problems, including the introduction of lower power processor technologies, and the continuing advances in blade server architectures. In the recent online seminar, we worked with HP to describe new CPU and server architectures designed to address these issues without veering away from industry-standard technologies.

Today, this valuable Webinar is readily accessible on-demand. When you play back the seminar, you can learn more about power and cooling benefits inherent in new HP solutions powered by AMD64 technology, the importance and promise of dual-core processor technologies, maximizing your datacenter density without reducing performance or manageability and much more.

In addition to this recent session, we will continue to address issues that are important to your business via a series of HP/AMD Solutions Webinars. Mark your calendar for May 3, 2005 and be sure to read AMD Opteron Solutions next month when we will provide you with more details and registration information regarding our next online event.

Address your power, performance and density concerns and get new information and insight into moving beyond those concerns now>>>

Help Eliminate Memory Leaks & Memory Errors with Insure++ from Parasoft
Because you are interested in the AMD Opteron processor with Direct Connect Architecture, you are well aware of its powerful performance capabilities. As your team develops applications for this platform, it is crucial these mission-critical applications are stable and reliable. Any memory errors or memory corruption can cause failure.

Memory issues are extremely time-consuming and difficult to find.Typical testing doesn't guarantee their discovery. Because of their detrimental crashing and security vulnerability potential, it is imperative developers remove memory problems from an application before it goes into production.

Parasoft Insure++ is a powerful memory error detection solution that identifies the cause of runtime memory errors in C and C++ applications. It enables developers to find and fix elusive, crash-causing memory errors that traditional testing techniques fail to uncover in single-threaded, multi-threaded and dual-core applications.

Parasoft Insure++ is a memory error detection solution that supports AMD64 technology and is generally available for 32 - and 64-bit Linux. Parasoft helps enterprises in the aerospace, entertainment, financial services telecommunications and transportation industries eliminate memory errors from their development tool applications supporting AMD64.

Insure++ helps developers find and fix C/C++ memory errors prior to release. By integrating Insure++ with the development of your software applications that support AMD64 technology, you may be able to save weeks of debugging time and prevent costly crashes from affecting your customers.

Get more facts about Parasoft's Insure++ and learn how it may help with the development of your company's software apps optimized for AMD64>>>

Ready. Set. Chat: Get Technical with Microsoft and AMD Execs
An alliance with any one of our partners is worth its weight in gold only if the alliance is of exponential value to you. That is why we are joining forces with Microsoft on May 5, 2005 to address 64-bit computing topics that are important to your business via a live chat session. Please join Bob Muglia, Senior Vice President Windows Server Division and Fred Weber, Chief Technical Officer, AMD to discuss the development and plans for enterprise-ready, high-availability systems featuring the AMD Opteron processor with Direct Connect Architecture.

This live Web chat is a great opportunity for you to ask questions and get answers directly from the guys who know so mark your calendar now! And be sure to read AMD Opteron Solutions in April for more details regarding the one online interactive chat you won't want to miss.

Cray XD1 Supercomputer Reaps High Scores and Peaks Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE) Community Interest
The Cray XD1 supercomputer, based on the Linux operating system and powered by AMD Opteron processors, has posted high scores in benchmark tests that include the government-sponsored High Performance Computing (HPC) Challenge, and is attracting the attention of the CAE community.
"The Cray XD1 system has surpassed our expectations for benchmark tests and customer enthusiasm at this stage," said Adam Lorant, Cray vice president for marketing. "The system has demonstrated breakthrough performance, scalability and manageability compared to conventional cluster solutions. The Cray XD1 system is fulfilling its promise of giving engineers and researchers supercomputing power priced from under $100,000 US list--well below other HPC solutions of comparable size and power."

Later this year, peak performance on the Cray XD1 system is anticipated to nearly double with the availability of dual-core
AMD Opteron processors, which feature two cores directly connected on a single die. Dual-core processors based on AMD64 technology with Direct Connect Architecture and
AMD PowerNow!™ technology with Optimized Power Management (OPM) are expected to deliver the best performance per watt in the industry with little or no increase in power consumption or heat dissipation. Additionally, these dual-core processors can easily be plugged into the Cray XD1 system as upgrades.

The Cray XD1 supercomputer offers the CAE community a solution that provides optimal performance, functionality and scalability. "The Cray XD1 stands out from the competition because it combines a very high-speed interconnect, high-scalability and high-availability features, and unique possibilities for additional application acceleration," said Rich Partridge, enterprise systems analyst at D.H. Brown Associates. "It's no surprise that major ISVs are rapidly aligning themselves with Cray to exploit this innovative system for CAE applications."

Get more facts about the supercomputer from Cray designed just for HPC>>>

Enterprise IT: Maximize Your Organization's Competitive Advantage
How do you address the challenges IT executives face and turn them into a competitive advantage for your business? Real-time databases, virtualization, server consolidation, application convergence - all real issues you may have to consider and the very reason more are being addressed by server and workstation solutions featuring the AMD Opteron processor.

Fueling the real-time Enterprise: The ever-increasing need to respond instantly to changes in customer demand or competitive conditions requires enterprise applications that can fulfill complex supply chain and operational requirements. These applications, in turn, demand advanced database capabilities. Providing these databases with the performance and memory capacity they need to access large amounts of data rapidly is an imperative most effectively met by 64-bit computing solutions. With 64-bit-only processing technology, that would be a harsh change demanded of enterprises with substantial investments in 32-bit applications and infrastructure.

Putting Server Virtualization to Work: Enterprises have been using virtualization technology on mainframes and RISC-based systems to enable better utilization of hardware resources. As x86 servers have become a mainstay in the enterprise, more companies are exploring virtualization with these servers to enable more productive, flexible and scalable data centers while reducing costs and boosting data availability. 64-bit and 32-bit computing technologies from AMD are providing the foundation for today's- and tomorrow's-enterprise virtualization solutions.

Making Server Consolidation a Reality: As e-business, enterprise portals, data warehouses and enterprise systems have grown in size and importance, so has the challenge of managing data and helping to ensure that it is used optimally. Today, it is not unusual for organizations to find themselves sinking under the weight of managing unwieldy systems containing a seemingly endless number of files.

Convergence of Web and Enterprise Application Demand a New Paradigm: Enterprises need to squeeze more value from legacy applications while reducing total cost of ownership for the new applications they're banking on for the future.

Look more closely at these important Enterprise IT topics by downloading our Enterprise business whitepapers here>>>

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