AMD64 Technology for Storage Systems AMD64 technology with Direct Connect Architecture enables storage customers to meet a rapidly growing and divergent market, delivering high-performing, reliable, and differentiated storage solutions.
AMD64 provides Industry-leading performance for the unique requirements of the storage market
Highest available I/O Throughput with HyperTransport™ technology: AMD Opteron processors support up to 3 coherent HyperTransport links yielding up to 24.0 GB/s peak bandwidth per processor and enabling storage systems to rapidly move data within the system.
Lowest memory latency: AMD64 technology features an integrated, on-die memory controller, optimizing memory performance and bandwidth, without the front-side bus bottleneck of competitive x86 processor architectures.
Leading Performance per watt: AMD has been at the forefront of performance-per-watt, offering increased processor performance within consistent power and thermal envelopes and offering a processor architecture that helps reduce overall system power consumption, heat dissipation and associated ownership and maintenance costs.
AMD64 Technology with Direct Connect Architecture provides a solid foundation for the long-term needs of enterprise-class storage
Enterprise-class reliability: With 90% of the Top 100 and 55% of the Top 500 of the Forbes Global 2000 companies or their subsidiaries currently using AMD64 technology to run their mission-critical applications, AMD64 technology is clearly a reliable choice for enterprise-class computing.
Unparalleled scalability: AMD64 technology offers unique SMP capability, native Dual–core processing with seamless upgrade to Quad-core and native 32- & 64-bit application support.
Customer-focused stability: AMD Opteron™ processors feature a Common Core Architecture that is consistent across 1-, 2-, 4- and 8-way systems and consistent with previous AMD Opteron processors, minimizing the cost of transition and maximizing past investments. The AMD64 Longevity program ensures longer-than-standard component availability for long-term designs.
AMD64 provides an open platform optimized for design flexibility and innovation
AMD64 technology with Direct Connect Architecture: AMD64 architecture enables imaginative system design. The combination of scale-up and scale-out opportunities with the flexibility of HyperTransport technology offers system designers the chance to be true visionaries in developing a single storage system or a full product line.
Forward-Looking Technology Leadership: AMD is a leader in developing and delivering the next generation of computing advancements, including AMD Virtualization™ for efficient server and storage utilization and AMD’s Torrenza initiative enabling application-specific co-processor development.
Industry-wide x86 ecosystem: AMD has worked steadfastly to ensure key partnerships in software and hardware, so that system architects can leverage the latest and best available solutions for their design and their customers' computing needs.
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