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AMD Business Solutions Newsletter

March 2010

 
AMD launches new AMD Opteron™ 6000 Series Platform.  -Up to 2x performance -New Levels of Value -Can fit many existing environments  Learn More

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In This Issue:
 » AMD launches new AMD Opteron™ 6000 Series Platform

 » HP's next generation ProLiant servers with AMD Opteron™ 6000 Series processors

 » Powering the Cloud with AMD Opteron™ Processors

 » Optimal Virtualization with AMD Opteron™ 6000 Series Platform

 » SGI Offers Immediate Availability of AMD Opteron™ 6100 Processor Series in SGI® Server Lines
  AMD Opteron LogoAMD launches new AMD Opteron™ 6000 Series Platform
AMD launches the new AMD Opteron™ 6000 Series Platform - the industry's first  12-core x86 class processor, completely redesigned to affordably deliver up to double the performance1.
  • Up to 2X performance1
  • New Levels of Value
  • Fits in your environment
More cores, more memory, same price2

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  HPHP's next generation ProLiant servers with AMD Opteron™ 6100 Series processors help customers improve business efficiency
HP provides a full portfolio of ProLiant servers based on AMD Opteron™ processors. Recently introduced, HP's next generation ProLiant servers with AMD Opteron™ 6100 Series processors help customers improve business efficiency and consolidate servers. HP provides unique capabilities and technologies such as Thermal Logic, Common Power Supplies, Smart Arrays and HP ProLiant Insight Control to deliver servers that meet customers' ever-changing business demands. Why wouldn't you upgrade to the newest HP ProLiant servers with AMD Opteron processors?

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  Powering the Cloud with AMD Opteron™ Processors
Delivering a Unique Balance of Performance, Power Efficiency, and Price
  • Predictable performance that scales to handle peak traffic
  • Advanced power efficiency to help reduce power and cooling costs
  • Cost-effective, consistent building block of scale-out server farms
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  Opteron 6000 Series ChipOptimal Virtualization with AMD Opteron™ 6000 Series Platform
Real-world performance for demanding workloads
  • More cores per virtual machine – closer to native performance3
  • The ability to scale to meet application demands and expanding number of virtual machines
  • Outstanding performance through superior memory management
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  SGISGI Offers Immediate Availability of AMD Opteron™ 6100 Processor Series in SGI® Server Lines
Support for the new AMD Opteron™ 6100 Series processors is offered across SGI's entire design-to-order server portfolio, including CloudRack™ and Rackable™ scale-out servers and SGI® InfiniteStorage servers. The ICE Cube™ modular data center also supports AMD Opteron processors for the first time. With up to 12 cores per processor, SGI servers gain dramatic increases in core density compared to previous generations—up to 1,824 cores per rack with CloudRack™ C2 servers and up to 2,208 cores per rack with Rackable™ half-depth servers. ICE Cube™ modular data centers now scale to 41,760 cores per container.

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Industry News

AMD Announces Strong Infrastructure and Channel Support for Upcoming AMD Opteron™ 6000 Series Platform


Intel, AMD Set to Escalate Server Chip Fight  


AMD Sets the New Standard for Price, Performance, and Power for the Datacenter  





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