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Photos: Inside a supercomputer lab
Photo It uses 7,832 AMD Barcelona quad-core Opteron processors. Here's a look inside Jaguar, at a few of its 7,832 AMD Barcelona Opertons. It is rated for 18 teraflops of processing power. The computer is liquid-cooled, and piping was installed into the... [14 Jul 2008]
10 GbE Rising Factors Driving the Emergence of 10 Gigabit Ethernet
White Paper Industry trends such as Chip Multithreading (CMT), multicore CPUs such as CoolThreads, Intel Xeon, and AMD Opteron, blade computing, and virtualization are just a few of the significant advances that have increased datacenter capacity. [05 Jul 2008]
Breaking the Chains - Using LinuxBIOS to Liberate Embedded x86 Processors
White Paper This paper reviews the journey of the AMD Geode processors and chipset as they were integrated into LinuxBIOS to become the centerpoint of the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project. While x86 processors are an attractive option for embedded designs... [02 Jul 2008]
The University of Utah Supports Cutting-Edge Research by Delivering 50 Percent More Work With Half the Power Consumption
White Paper The CHPC deployed a new high-performance computing cluster based on Dell Power-Edge servers with two dual-core AMD processors running Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system and multiple scientific computing applications. [02 Jul 2008]
Getting to the meeting - without the journey
Comment Telepresence may be expensive and have significant compatibility issues but already larger companies are adopting it in droves such as AMD, AIG, British American Tobacco and Proctor & Gamble. Costs, delays and green issues are all conspiring... [30 Jun 2008]
Solaris OS Across Multiple Hardware Architectures Supports Commercial Grade High Performance Open Source Middleware
White Paper OCI chose the Sun Solaris Operating System for the AMD Opteron platform for its speed. Object Computing, Inc. OCI) is a software engineering firm, specializing in distributed systems using Object-Oriented (OO) technologies. [30 Jun 2008]
IBM smashes the supercomputing petaflop
News Cell broadband engines, used in the Play Station 3 (PS3), work in conjunction with AMD x86 processors. Roadrunner runs on 6,948 dual-core AMD Opteron chips on IBM Model LS21 blade servers, and 12,960 Cell engines on IBM Model QS22 blade servers. [11 Jun 2008]
Dell commits to green dream
News It is also likely to get a substantial boost towards its energy goals from suppliers such as AMD and Intel, which are creating more energy-efficient processors and chipsets as process technologies shrink, and from advances in storage technology... [16 May 2008]
XP SP3 starts endless reboot for some AMD PCs
News Owners of some AMD-based computers are finding the move to Windows XP Service Pack 3 has sent their systems into an endless reboot cycle. Microsoft said in a statement: "While the root cause of this issue is complex, it results from OEMs improperly... [14 May 2008]
Consolidation Through Virtualisation With Sun x64 Servers
White Paper As this Sun whitepaper explores, the Sun Fire x64 servers and Sun Blade modular systems powered by AMD Opteron and Intel Xeon processors let businesses run the Solaris Operating System (OS), Linux or Windows today, and change direction tomorrow. [14 May 2008]
AMD chips into business market
News AMD has released a series of chips which it claims has the stability and performance required for machines aimed at business users. The new line-up of business chips will include AMD Athlon and AMD Phenom processors for desktop machines. [29 Apr 2008]
Security Implications of the Virtualized Datacenter
White Paper CPU manufacturers are rapidly working on implementing hardware-based hypervisors, such as AMD's Pacifica project. With enterprise-class virtualization software hitting the market from VMware and Microsoft (ESX Virtual Infrastructure and Virtual PC... [26 Apr 2008]
Sun and Carrier-Grade Linux - Accentuating Choice in the Telecom Market
White Paper Linux runs on virtually any major hardware platform, including Intel, SPARC, AMD Opteron, and numerous others. Linux is a highly popular server operating system. Users are attracted to its vendor independence, openness, extensibility, and cost. [18 Apr 2008]
Denmark Telecom Leader Slashes Costs With 6 Terabyte Data Warehouse on SQL Server 2005
White Paper TDC deployed its 6-terabyte data warehouse using Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition (64-bit) database and SQL Server Analysis Services hosted on HP ProLiant DL585 servers with AMD Opteron Dual-Core 64-bit processors. [16 Apr 2008]
Crytek and AMD Team Up to Create New Level of Gaming Experience
White Paper While developing their debut release, Far Cry, Crytek realized that the rich graphics and imagery they had planned for the game pushed the limits of their existing 32-bit technology. Crytek ported Far Cry to AMD64 technology to deliver an end-user... [10 Apr 2008]
