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Start the New Year Right with Low-Power Dual-Core
AMD Opteron Processors for Better Performance per Watt in Your Data Center

It’s no secret that Dual-Core AMD Opteron™ processors have made strides in the industry, achieving a well-deserved reputation for high performance and low power consumption as proven in a variety of important benchmarks.*

We are now extending the AMD Opteron™ processor family with two new low-power options: Dual-Core AMD Opteron processor Model 275 HE and Model 875 HE operating at 2.2GHz. They offer the same performance as their full-power equivalents but at significantly reduced wattage, and thus offer the best performance per watt* of all
AMD Opteron processors. AMD Opteron processors HE (55 watt) are an ideal solution for rack-dense 1U servers or blades in datacenter environments as well as cooler, quieter workstation designs.

*Based on the industry standard SPEC® CPU2000 benchmark

Get substantially lower power consumption for increased compute density - See more information on single- and Dual-Core AMD Opteron processors now>>>

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Introducing the New Sun Ultra 40 Workstation Powered by the AMD Opteron™ Processor

The new AMD Opteron processor-based Sun Ultra 40 workstation is one of the industry's fastest, and one of the most affordable, x64 workstations on the market. Along with blazing performance to set world records in key industry benchmarks,* the Sun Ultra 40 workstation delivers industry-leading visualization capabilities and performance with a whisper-quiet environment.

Features:

• Up to two single- or Dual-Core AMD Opteron 200 Series processors
• Support for 32-bit and 64-bit applications on Solaris 10 OS, Linux, and Microsoft Windows
• Multiple 8GBps HyperTransport™ technology interconnects and 128-bit wide DDR memory controller
• Up to 16 GB of PC3200 (DDR-400) registered ECC memory and Chipkill technology
• Two PCI Express x16 graphics slots, two PCI Express x4 slots, and two legacy PCI slots

*Based on the industry standard SPEC® CPU2000 benchmark

Find out more about the new Sun Ultra 40 workstation>>>

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HP, in conjunction with Novell and AMD, takes the guesswork—and extra costs—out of Linux® deployment

Now, with just one price and one license, you can do it all! HP, Novell/SUSE and AMD offer an Enterprise Linux Eight-License Value Pack. Purchase just one single eight-product license, and you can use it on any combination of HP BladeSystems and ProLiant Servers (ML and DL), with up to four processors per physical server (with any number of cores). HP is the only company with a single sku of this composition.

Affordable and scalable, HP BladeSystem solutions are ideally suited for companies looking to grow their Linux infrastructure efficiently and flexibly—or migrate and consolidate to a standardized Linux platform.

Bundling Linux for easy deployment HP
Novell/SUSE and AMD take the mystery out of Linux with this offer, so there’s no question that all components will work together. The co-branded product bundle includes:

• Eight instances of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9,
  Service Pack 2
• HP SmartStart scripted toolkit to ease deployment of
  multiple servers
• Novell AppArmor 8-pack
• Choice of 1 or 3 year licenseng

What benefits can you expect? You’ll get excellent performance at a lower price and power consumption, with SUSE Linux Enterprise Server running on HP BladeSystem and ProLiant with AMD Opteron processors.

See how your business can benefit with this unique SUSE Linux product bundle from HP>>>

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Don’t Miss a New eSeminar from AMD and HP: “Stop Global Warming in Your Data Center”

Is your IT organization facing global data center warming due to the increase in the quantity of servers and the huge power requirements? Are your data center operation and support costs at an all-time high?

Join AMD and Hewlett-Packard during a live, interactive eSeminar on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 at 4:00pm (ET) as they discuss how Dual-Core AMD Opteron processors and a server blade infrastructure can provide the solution to “global warming” in your data center and how HP ProLiant server blades featuring Dual-Core AMD Opteron processors provide a significant increase in performance while reducing server chassis footprint and power requirements.

During this event, our panel of experts will discuss:

• The Dual-Core AMD Opteron™ processor’s Direct Connect Architecture and its power advantages
• How dual-core processors deliver more performance for less cost with the same power envelope
• Space, maintenance, and power savings with a blade server infrastructure
• The architecture of the HP BladeSystem, and why now is the time for transition

Register now to attend this new eSeminar and learn how you can use AMD and HP technologies to help alleviate power challenges in your datacenter>>>

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Performance Technologies has the AMD Opteron Processor-based Solution for Communications Servers

Performance Technologies, an AMD64 Longevity Program customer, has announced the CPC5564 single board computer - the first 64-bit, single slot, CompactPCI® 2.16 blade designed for high-performance embedded applications like telecommunications and storage. The CPC5564 features the single-core AMD Opteron processor Model 248 HE or the Dual-Core AMD Opteron processor Model 265 HE.

Performance Technologies relies on the AMD Opteron processor to provide their customers a highly scalable x86 architecture that delivers next-generation performance and a flexible upgrade path from 32- to 64-bit computing. Its multi-core architecture offers advanced processing speed while addressing the power and heat constraints for a CompactPCI form factor - an industry standard for commercial embedded systems. Designed to run Linux, Solaris and Microsoft® Windows® applications, the CPC5564 is the ideal platform for high-end packet processing or multi-threaded software applications found in IMS, wireless, softswitch, defense and other compute-intensive applications.

Ready to discuss specific requirements and/or pricing? Contact us.

View more information about AMD Opteron processor-based solutions from Performance Technologies>>>

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Adaptec Departmental NAS Changes the Definition of Mid-Range Storage

The Adaptec Snap Server 500 series offers the first network attached storage (NAS) devices built on AMD64 with Direct Connect Architecture. They, quite simply, change the way “mid-range” storage is defined, with performance that until now has only been available in larger, more expensive solutions.

Offering easy installation and operation, scalability to 43.2TB, and an integrated suite of data protection software, the choice is clear for small and medium business or distributed enterprises. With your choice of storage technology - Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) for performance and reliability; or Serial ATA (SATA) for high capacity applications, the Snap Server 500 series is an ideal choice for a range of applications from departmental data protection and availability to mission-critical storage.

The Snap Server 500 Series offers:

• AMD Opteron Processors ranging from 2.0 to 2.4GHz
• Base capacities of up to 2TB SATA or 1.2TB SAS in a 1U platform
• Scalable up to 43.2TB
• Memory scalable from 512MB to 4GB
• Redundant hot-swappable power supplies and cooling
• Unified block and file architecture provided by the award-winning GuardianOS

Learn more about mid-range storage solutions from Adaptec>>>

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