Past Issues
 
AMD  

AMD Business Solutions Newsletter

June 2010

 
AMD Opteron™ 4100 Series processor - World's lowest power-per-core server processor(1) - Learn More

Welcome to AMD Business Solutions, an e-Newsletter you can rely on for the latest about AMD products, solutions, technology partnerships, promotions, and more.

Add AMDbusiness.solutions@amd.com to your address book now.

In This Issue:
 » Introducing the world's lowest power per-core server processor1

 » SGI servers support the new AMD Opteron 4100 Series processors

 » Introducing the ZT Systems 1253Ra Datacenter Server featuring record breaking performance per watt for AMD Opteron 4100 Series EE processor

 » Lenovo announces availability of two new ThinkPad Edge notebooks

 » Introducing three new HP ProLiant G7 servers featuring AMD Opteron™ 6100 Series processors

 » HP's ProLiant DL385 G7: the database value leader

 » Appro assists LLNL with new cluster designed specifically for extreme scale visualization
  Introducing the world's lowest power per-core server processor1
AMD Opteron Logo The AMD Opteron™ 4100 Series processor, the world's lowest power per- core server processor1, sets the foundation for cloud workloads and affordability for mainstream infrastructure servers with prices starting at $99.2 AMD has leapfrogged its own leading-edge power efficient server processor designs by being the first to break the 6 watt/core barrier – enabling you to double the number of servers, within the same power budget, compared to previous generations.3

Learn More
 
 
 
  SGI LogoSGI servers support the new AMD Opteron 4100 Series processors
The latest SGI servers deliver excellent price/performance, compelling power efficiency, and high density. SGI continues to broaden its relationship with AMD beginning with wide-ranging support for the AMD Opteron™ 6100 Series processors and continuing with the AMD Opteron 4100 Series processors. SGI servers with the new processors are designed to deliver excellent price/performance and feature some of the most energy-efficient configurations available.

Learn More
 
 
 
  Introducing the ZT Systems 1253Ra Datacenter Server featuring record breaking performance per watt for AMD Opteron 4100 Series EE processor
ZT Systems LogoThe ZT Systems 1253Ra Datacenter Server offers a precision-fit solution for efficient performance and optimal cost effectiveness, featuring the best performance per watt measured to date for an AMD Opteron™ 4100 Series EE processor-powered server (SPECpower_ssj® 2008 2,106 overall ssj_ops/watt) - a 52% increase in performance per watt over previous generation AMD Opteron EE processor powered servers.4

Learn More

 
 
 
  Lenovo ThinkPad EdgeLenovo announces availability of two new ThinkPad Edge notebooks
The Lenovo ThinkPad Edge 14" and 15" models have been announced, and are scheduled to be available beginning July 1. Both products are based on AMD's "Danube" platform, and boast ATI Radeon™ integrated graphics. The ThinkPad Edge is ideal for SMB customers, with robust dual-core configurations, memory scaling to 4 GB of DDR3 RAM, and outstanding multimedia capability.

Learn More

 
 
 
  Introducing three new HP ProLiant G7 servers featuring AMD Opteron™ 6100 Series processors
HP Server FamilyThe new 4P HP ProLiant DL585 G7 server, 4P ProLiant BL685c G7 server blade and 2P ProLiant BL465c G7 server blade all feature the latest 8- and 12-core AMD Opteron 6100 Series processors and provide outstanding performance, reliability and industry-leading management solutions to handle the most demanding workloads.

Learn More

 
 
 
  HP's ProLiant DL385 G7: the database value leader
HP LogoHP has again demonstrated the value of the HP ProLiant DL385 G7 server, especially for database applications. The ProLiant DL385 G7 has achieved the best two-socket server price-performance on the TPC-C benchmark, beating out servers using Intel Xeon 5600 Series ("Westmere") processors and servers using IBM POWER7 processors.5

Learn More

 
 
 
  Appro assists LLNL with new cluster designed specifically for extreme scale visualization
Appro LogoA challenge facing the LLNL visualization team was the design and procurement of a cluster with enough horsepower to manage very large data sets generated by many clusters. LLNL selected AMD Opteron processor-based Appro supercomputing solution to support this interactive data analysis on extreme-scale computing systems.

Learn More
 
 
 






 
Industry News

AMD Opteron™ Processor Again Dominates TOP500


AMD releases Lisbon chips for the cloud  


AMD Lisbon Opteron 4100 CPUs and FireStream GPUs Launch for Servers  



Resource Links

White paper: The Dell™ PowerEdge™ R815 offers a compelling example of the groundbreaking value of 4P products made possible by the AMD Opteron™ 6000 Series platform.


Webinar: Cray Boosts Performance with New 12-core AMD Opteron 6100 Series Processor


White paper: High-End HPC Heats Up: Cray and the Path to Exascale Computing


Webinar: Join Dell, AMD and VMware for a webcast on how to optimize your virtualized infrastructure, streamline management, improve availability and cut costs in the data center



Links

AMD Opteron™ Processors


VISION Pro Technology from AMD  


AMD for Business  


All AMD/ATI Products


Competitive Benchmarks:
   Server
   Workstation
 


Shop AMD