"Why
is 64-bit computing so important? Because it is inevitable. The
volume of data created in the world today doubles every year; and
the ability to exploit it grows more difficult every day that goes
by. Whether with CRM solutions or real-time online gaming, customers
need access to 64-bit computing power." - Hector Ruiz,
President and CEO, AMD more...
"We
saw DB2 on Opteron as a compelling platform in helping solve the demanding
information management challenges of today's marketplace. That's the
reason we were the first database on the 64-bit platform." -
Bob Picciano, Director, Database Technology, IBM Canada Laboratory
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"We
are really excited to see the AMD Opteron transition from the development
phase and into the world of scientific and technical computing. Today,
many of our high performance computing customers are increasingly
looking for new solutions to build affordable, compute intensive,
scale-out clusters." - Mark Shearer, Vice President eServer
Products, IBM Systems Group more...
"64-bit
is the wave of how we get to that pervasive high end computing model
today; but also will become pervasive in just about every workload
in the future as we move from 32-bit to 64-bit in the world; and the
AMD Opteron is a great step to help us get there. We really like the
chip " - Brian Valentine, Senior Vice President of Windows
Division for Microsoft more...