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Our Thanks to Sun for Another Great Year: We're Honored to Be Named Sun's Supplier of the Year

Triple Threat: Introducing Three New Dual-Core
AMD Opteron™ Processors
Welcome three exciting additions to the Dual-Core AMD Opteron™ processor family: the Dual-Core AMD Opteron processor Model 880, for up to eight-way enterprise-class servers; the Dual-Core AMD Opteron processor Model 280, for high performance servers and workstations; and the Dual-Core AMD Opteron processor Model 180, for 1P servers and workstations.

“Introducing the next Dual-Core AMD Opteron processor models less than five months after launching the initial Dual-Core AMD Opteron processors shows undeniable technological leadership,” said Marty Seyer, corporate vice president, Commercial Business and Performance Computing, AMD. “If customers are looking for 64-bit, x86 multi-core processors for up to eight-way servers and workstations, AMD remains the best and only x86 dual-core solution for multiprocessing servers. However, we continue to extend the opportunity to our competitor to challenge our multi-core leadership in a public setting and give customers valuable information for their decision-making process.”

In 1,000 unit quantities, the Dual-Core AMD Opteron processor Model 880 is priced at $2,649, the Model 280 at $1,299, and the Model 180 at $799.

Compare model numbers and features of single- and Dual-Core AMD Opteron processors>>>

Expanded Fujitsu Siemens Corporation Portfolio Features New Workstation Solution Powered by AMD Opteron Processors
Fujitsu Siemens Computers, a leading European IT provider, now offers a new series of workstations based on the
AMD Opteron™ processor. The newest in the line-up, the CELSIUS V830 supports the Dual-Core AMD Opteron processor Models 275, 270 and 265 for two-way workstations, which offer the best overall performance and performance-per-watt available in the market.¹

The new CELSIUS V830 is the next generation highest-end workstation from Fujitsu Siemens Corporation. With the performance of up to two single- or Dual-Core AMD Opteron processors it is an optimal system for all workstation target markets like CAD, CAE, DCC, simulation, virtual reality, visualization, software development and finance. CELSIUS V830 is optimized and certified for a wide range of software applications including a variety of professional OpenGL graphics, guaranteeing you optimum performance whatever your preferred software solution.

Learn more about CELSIUS V830, workstations engineered for outstanding graphics performance now>>>

Power and Innovation: Free Development Hardware and Software Opportunities from Sun
You may be eligible to take advantage of Sun's offer of FREE development hardware and software! In response to customer demand IBM, EMC and VMware have added their support of the Solaris 10 OS on x64-based servers powered by AMD Opteron™ processors to the 1000+ applications porting to the platform. "As a user of both IBM and Sun technologies, Reuters is excited by this announcement. The availability of Tivoli software components across Sun's entire Solaris product line will allow Reuters to retain the robustness of Solaris on lower-cost platforms while utilizing our existing skills in Solaris and Tivoli so reducing our total cost of ownership," said Barry Woodward, global head of Infrastructure Development and Networks, Reuters.

"The needs of customers must always come first and with this collaboration, our companies are taking another step to prove that. As Sun delivers Solaris 10 across multiple platforms, EMC will be a key enabler for our joint customers to deploy it as part of an information lifecycle management strategy that drives efficiencies and productivity and helps reduce the total cost of ownership for information technology and business operations," said Howard Elias, Executive Vice President of Corporate Marketing and Office of Technology at EMC.

• Sun is making it easier for their Partners with applications on the SPARC platform to offer products on Solaris 10 on x64 platforms. Qualified Partners committing to release a commercially available product for the Solaris 10 Operating System on x64 platforms by December 31, 2005 can receive a Sun Fire v20z server with the Solaris 10 OS and Sun Studio 10 development package (valued at $3,295). This is a limited time offer for partners who enroll in the "Ten Moves Ahead" Partner Initiative. Other limitations from Sun apply.
• Sun is offering a free Sun Ultra 20 Workstation pre-loaded with Sun Studio 10 software, Java development tools and Visual MainWin for UNIX Software Development Kit (SDK) for one developer along with three months of Basic Support from Mainsoft (valued at $4,395). To be eligible, you must commit to release a commercially available version of your Windows applications on the Solaris 10 Operating System on an x64-based platform, by January 31, 2006. This is a limited time offer for partners who enroll in the "Ten Moves Ahead" Partner Initiative. Other limitations from Sun apply.

These offers are just the first move of Sun's "Ten Moves Ahead" Partner Initiative. This partner initiative is designed to make it easier and more profitable for qualified partners to deliver solutions on the Solaris 10 OS to customers and new markets. Through this initiative, Sun extends its long-term commitment to you by enriching the development life cycle with a breadth of new customized technical, marketing and sales resources.

Let Sun put your business "Ten Moves Ahead" by enrolling today>>>

On Demand: Optimizing SAP Performance with Dual-Core Processors
We partnered with HP to bring you information about the ways dual-core servers can improve performance and lower your TCO if your company is planning to:

• Deploy sophisticated new SAP NetWeaver-based applications
• Upgrade existing applications
• Consolidate applications onto fewer servers
• Deploy new 64-bit Windows or Linux solutions

Access the complimentary, on-demand event now and listen to HP, along with experts from AMD, discuss the details and benefits of using dual-core processors in your data center. Additionally, you’ll hear more about dual-core processor basics, dual-core server performance benchmark results, OS and applications licensing impacts, performance-per-watt advantages and more.

Tune in now and receive the information that may help you lower TCO for your organization>>>

News to Use: Serial vs. Parallel - Why Choose?
As modern computer architectures have pushed processor clock frequencies to 4 MHz and beyond, advanced I/O link technologies have embraced a number of new approaches to keep up with the faster processors now available. It has become common place in the industry to think that parallel buses are old, slow and limited in bandwidth, and serial buses are newer, faster and enable higher bandwidth. But a new generation of high-performance I/O technologies, like HyperTransport™ technology and PCI Express, actually blend serial and parallel characteristics to deliver the desired balance of performance, ease of system design, signal integrity and cost of application-specific implementations.
On September 28, 2005, the HyperTransport Consortium will conduct a live web cast and will compare and contrast traditional serial and parallel bus characteristics and illustrate how blended architectures can combine the best of both to deliver a balance of features and capabilities for their intended applications.

Register today for the online event that will help boost your general knowledge of bus interconnects>>>

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¹Competitive benchmarks demonstrating the leadership of the AMD Opteron™ processor in workstations can be found at www.amd.com/opteronperformance.  Performance-per-watt is based on a maximum power envelope of 95 watts for Dual-Core AMD Opteron processors. 

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