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Check Out the FireGL™ V3350 Graphics Accelerator from AMD
Raising the bar for entry-level workstation solutions with 256MB of graphics memory, the FireGL™ V3350 graphics accelerator is the latest workstation graphics accelerator from AMD. Ready for Windows Vista® Premium and certified for professional CAD and DCC applications, the FireGL V3350 graphics accelerator incorporates an Auto Detect feature that automatically adjusts driver settings as different applications are run to help maximize graphics performance.

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Congratulations, Appro!
The high-performance and versatile Appro 1U Quad XtremeServer powered by AMD Opteron™ processors has been recognized as a finalist in the Server Hardware category of the eWeek's 7th Annual Excellence Awards Program.

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For true performance, the choice is clear. Click here to visit our Road to "Barcelona" site to get more information about the upcoming Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ processors.

AMD Opteron™ Processor-Based Dell PowerEdge Infrastructure Contest
You may be eligible to win if your company has implemented a Microsoft® SQL server solution based on Dell PowerEdge 6950, PowerEdge 2970, or PowerEdge SC1435 servers powered by AMD Opteron™ processors.

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Server/Workstation Solutions
Introducing the Sun Blade™ 6220X Server Module
Introducing the Sun Blade™ 6220X Server Module As part of the Sun Blade™ 6000 family, which offers enhanced memory and I/O capacity. The Sun Blade™ X6220 server module is a two-socket, enterprise-class data center engine that can provide exceptional savings and performance. Its 64GB memory capacity nicely positions the Sun Blade X6220 server module to leverage modern virtualization technologies to run multiple guest servers on a single server module.

Features:
  • Two Second-Generation AMD Opteron 2000 Series processors, 1MB Level 2 cache per processor core
  • Support for 1GB, 2GB, and 4GB PC-5300 ECC registered DIMMs at 667 MHz
  • Sixteen DIMM slots supporting up to 64GB of memory per server module
  • Up to 142-Gbps I/O bandwidth and up to four 2.5-inch SAS or SATA hard disk drives
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Software Solutions
Worldwide Event Opportunity: "SAP is Open" Road Show 2007
Join Novell, AMD, and IBM at one of the "SAP is Open" Road Show 2007 event locations to find out how your business can benefit from open source. Don't miss the opportunity to hear SAP experts, technology partners, and clients share their knowledge and concrete experiences about the interaction of SAP with open-source architecture and open standards.

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Over 5000 Solaris Ready Applications and Solutions run on Solaris 10 OS and are shipping on x64/x86 and SPARC platforms
Check out the wide range of business applications running on the Solaris 10 platform — search by solution area or industry. The free and open source Solaris Operating System is available on hundreds of x64/x86 platforms and supported for thousands of open source and ISV applications. Find out more!

  Check out the wide range of business applications running on the Solaris 10 platform

New Sun Studio 12 delivers high performance, optimizing C, C++, and Fortran compilers for the Solaris OS and Linux on x86/x64 platforms, including multi-core systems
Sun Studio 12 software is the premier development environment for the Solaris operating system. With its optimizing C, C++, and Fortran compilers and world-class Netbeans-based IDE and other performance tools, Sun Studio 12 software delivers outstanding performance for single and multi-threaded application development.

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