AMD Launches Industry’s First X86-Based 64-Bit Server Virtualization Solution

AMD Launches Industry’s First X86-Based 64-Bit Server Virtualization Solution

AMD (NYSE:AMD), in collaboration with XenSource, today announced that it will port Xen, the leading open-source virtualization package, to AMD64 technology. This industry-first x86-based 64-bit open-source virtualization solution is planned to be available in the first half of 2005 and will be unveiled at the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo, taking place February 15-17 in Boston, Massachusetts.

“Developing state-of-the-art computing solutions that meet the needs of our customers is at the heart of what AMD does,” said Marty Seyer, vice president and general manager of the Microprocessor Business Unit, Computation Products Group, AMD. “We have paved the way in making pervasive 32- and 64-bit processing mainstream with AMD64 technology, and this on-going work with Xen will allow us to continue our industry leadership and broaden our portfolio of server virtualization solutions.”

XenSource, Inc. was recently founded to develop and support the industry’s leading open-source infrastructure virtualization technology, Xen. The Xen hypervisor, a high-performance, x86 virtual machine monitor (VMM), enables a single machine to run multiple operating systems efficiently while maintaining secure, resource guaranteed isolation between them.

By porting Xen to the AMD Opteronâ„¢ processor with Direct Connect Architecture, AMD believes XenSource will provide an enterprise-class server virtualization software technology that more broadly enables open-source virtualization development and deployment. AMD64 technology-enabled Xen will be designed to allow users to benefit from server virtualization in a secure and flexible environment without having to sacrifice performance or functionality.

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