AMD Announces Broad Vendor Support For Upcoming Dual-Core Solutions

AMD Announces Broad Vendor Support For Upcoming Dual-Core Solutions

AMD today announced that the industry’s leading operating system vendors are preparing their respective operating systems to support the upcoming introduction of AMD64 dual-core products.

All the leading operating systems currently available today are expected to have versions of their software that will immediately work out-of-the-box with the planned launch of the dual-core AMD Opteronâ„¢ processor with Direct Connect Architecture in mid-2005. These operating systems include Microsoft® Windows®, Novell and Red Hat Enterprise Linux distributions, and Sun Microsystems’ Solaris 10. Some of the operating systems will include optimizations that specifically enable applications to take even greater advantage of AMD64 multi-core capabilities, providing improved performance across a range of applications.

“With our upcoming AMD64 dual-core processors, AMD yet again will deliver a technology that customers demand and, unlike competing architectures, is doing so in a way that makes it incredibly easy and non-disruptive for them to implement,” said Marty Seyer, corporate vice president and general manager of Microprocessor Business Unit, Computation Products Group, AMD. “Designed from the ground up to support multi-core capability, AMD64 dual-core processors will be uniquely compatible with, and upgradeable from, our single-core processors today. This support from our OS partners underscores the simplicity of migrating to AMD64 dual core.”

“Customers want to be able to take advantage of innovative technologies, such as AMD64-based systems and dual-core processors, in a cost-effective manner,” said Bob Kelly, general manager of Windows Server Group, Microsoft Corporation. “Working with partners such as AMD, Microsoft consistently delivers to the Windows platform customers the best price/performance in the industry. Based on industry benchmarks, the Windows platform has delivered a 200x performance improvement at 1/17 th the cost during the past seven years. The combination of Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions and upcoming AMD64 multi-core processors will continue to drive even better performance, giving customers the ability to get more value out of their 32-bit and 64-bit applications.”

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