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Here's what they are saying
“By adopting the latest Dual-Core AMD Opteron™ processors, Armari Ltd. customers should be able to gain significant increases in application performance without increasing the power budget they originally allocated for the equivalent number of single-core AMD Opteron processors. We are particularly excited by this AMD achievement, as a large percentage of our customers run high performance computing (HPC) applications. A single HPC cluster can contain hundreds of processors running at a continuous load over three years or more. When we factor in the total running costs and proven reliability of the AMD Opteron processor, the latest Dual-Core AMD Opteron processors Model 280 deliver not only excellent price-to-performance but also outstanding performance-per-watt, so the savings for our customers will be very significant, especially in the HPC space.”
- -Dan Goldsmith, Technical Director, Armari Ltd.
“Loaded with next-generation components such as the latest Dual-Core AMD Opteron™ processors, Alienware's MJ-12 7550a workstation continues to provide an avenue for creative professionals to thrive. The Dual-Core AMD Opteron processor Model 280 delivers the highest performance yet for the growing number of MJ-12 7550a users.”
- -Nestor Villalobos, Worldwide Product Manager for Workstations and Servers, Alienware
“Our award-winning MTower™ 2P64, using the new Dual-Core AMD Opteron™ processor Model 880, will now be capable of an unprecedented 8-way/16-core with PCIe and SLI™ capability to 128GB of ECC RAM. With the new Dual-Core AMD Opteron processors with Direct Connect Architecture, AMD has raised the x86 multiprocessor dual-core performance to unprecedented heights, at still a very affordable cost.”
- -Sam Corralz, VP of Engineering, @Xi Computer Corp.
“The release of the new Dual-Core AMD Opteron™ processors Model 880 and Model 280 reiterates AMD’s commitment to offering an industry-leading performance/watt architecture, while improving customers’ overall value propositions. Appro is happy to collaborate with AMD to offer Dual-Core AMD Opteron processor-based server clusters and workstation solutions. Working together, Appro and AMD provide customer-focused innovations that our high-performance and enterprise computing customers’ require.”
- -Daniel Kim, CEO, Appro
“BOXX Technologies works closely with AMD to deliver the high level of performance that is critical to an efficient workflow in digital creation for 3D animation, computer-generated effects, compositing and rendering and is pleased to incorporate the latest Dual-Core AMD Opteron™ processors in its line of render nodes and workstations for the digital content creation market.”
- -Francois Wolf, Director of Marketing, BOXX Technologies
“With the availability of the Dual-Core AMD Opteron™ processors Model 280 and Model 880 with Colfax systems, Colfax International now expands its AMD64 dual-core product line offering to our customer base. As a result, customers can take advantage of this industry-transforming dual-core technology to further amplify performance and efficiency on a diverse selection of Colfax servers and workstations.”
- -Mike Fay, Vice President, Colfax International
“With the release of the AMD Opteron™ processors Model 880 and Model 280, we are able to address customers in vertical markets with a range of the most powerful solutions available in the market today. We already build and market 8-way server solutions for dedicated IT infrastructures with AMD's single-core technology at 2.2GHz. AMD’s newest dual-core processors enable us to provide up to 16 cores at 2.4GHz in a single server system with enterprise-class performance and low power consumption at a reasonable price point.”
- -Dominik Mutterer, Product Manager Server-Systems and Technology at CPI Computer Partner Handels GmbH
“Cray designed the Cray XD1 and Cray XT3 systems to accommodate the newest Dual-Core AMD Opteron™ processors to preserve our customers’ supercomputing investments and to provide them with an exciting upgrade path. Cray's engineering innovations leverage the AMD Opteron processors, HyperTransport technology and Direct Connect Architecture to allow our customers to stay at the forefront of the performance curve and to address their needs for exceptional sustained application performance. The introduction of Dual-Core AMD Opteron processors Model 280 and Model 180 (2.4GHz) allows Cray to offer exceptional price to performance on our Cray supercomputers, delivering twice the computing density without equivalent increases in costs and within the same power envelope as single-core processors.”
- -Peter Ungaro, President and CEO, Cray Inc.
“Fujitsu Siemens Computers, a leading European IT provider, offers the CELSIUS V830 workstation based on the newly released Dual-Core AMD Opteron™ processor Model 280. Fujitsu Siemens Computers has focused its efforts on developing a workstation platform that offers customers high performance combined with optimized ergonomic features. The answer is the CELSIUS V830 workstation based on the AMD Opteron processor, offering improved performance for the full range of new graphic applications, along with significantly reduced noise levels and elimination of hazardous substances.”
- -Andreas Thimmel, vice president, Business Clients, Fujitsu Siemens Computers
“The latest Dual-Core AMD Opteron™ processors provide the best dual, quad and eight-way processing server architecture for x86 computing. It fits perfectly with our success in pushing the computing envelope in high performance computing with our 1U 4P/8-core and 5U 8P/16-core processing servers.”
- -James Bowen, Director of Engineering, HPC Systems, Inc.
“Microway's DSP (digital signal processing) customers who have been testing the latest models of Dual-Core AMD Opteron™ processors have found them to be an excellent solution for their applications. Not only are the physical space and power savings important, initial feedback shows results approaching a 2x improvement in performance.”
- -Stephen Fried, President and CTO, Microway, Inc.
“It’s unbelievable what AMD did with the Dual-Core AMD Opteron™ processor. Not only can we now offer four-way (8-core) systems, but we can offer two-way (4-core) servers and workstations in smaller form factors than previously possible. You want four cores sitting in a tower on your desk for CAD? Done.”
- -Trey Harris, Founder, Monarch Computer
“Our customers need robust, high performance processing power to meet today's computing needs. Some have selected Dual-Core AMD Opteron™ processors to run their e-businesses. Power and performance drive the Internet, and AMD and Open Source Storage deliver.”
- -Eren Niazi, Founder and CEO, OSShpc.com
“Penguin Computing’s customers rely on us to be among the first to deliver robust Linux-based systems that incorporate the latest technological innovations, enabling them to reduce design cycles and thus their total cost of ownership. We are pleased to be on the forefront of multi-core technology with AMD. The new Dual-Core AMD Opteron™ processor combined with our Altus family of servers is another example of how strong, consistent technology leadership can directly impact performance in the high performance computing field.”
- -Enrico Pesatori, Chairman and CEO, Penguin Computing
“PSSC Labs is excited by the technology advancements AMD brings forward. We strongly believe that these new Dual-Core AMD Opteron™ processors are especially important for the high performance computing community and will help our end users in their quest for more processing power with low power consumption. PSSC Labs will integrate the new processors into their entire line of Power Series models including PowerWulf, PowerServers, PowerStation and RaidStations.”
- -Alex Lesser, Vice President, Sales/Marketing
“We’ve seen tremendous customer traction with AMD’s dual-core technology. We recently won an award for building the World’s Most Efficient Server using the Dual-Core AMD Opteron™ processor, and we know customers will appreciate the improved performance with the newest additions to Rackable Systems’ product offerings.”
- -Giovanni Coglitore, Chief Technology Officer, Rackable Systems
“As the fifth largest x86 server manufacturer, it is only natural for Verari Systems to continue its collaboration with AMD, the undisputed leader in x86 dual-core server processor performance. With our BladeRack 2 blade server platform and patented vertical cooling thermal management technology, we continue to deliver the best performance-per-watt architecture available in the HPCC market while supporting the very latest AMD Opteron™ processors.”
- -David Driggers, CEO, Verari Systems
“Western Scientific systems are designed to run on the highest performing, energy cost-saving processors, making the AMD Opteron™ processor a logical choice for Western Scientific. With the integration of the new Dual-Core AMD Opteron processors Models 880, 280 and 180 to our computing products, Western Scientific can continue to deliver to its customers the latest technology and outstanding performance for their money.”
- -Tom Johnson, Founder, CEO, Western Scientific
“ZT Group collaborates with AMD to create innovative products with cutting-edge technology to meet the demands of our business clients. The latest Dual-Core AMD Opteron™ processors enable ZT to deliver top-of-the-line servers and workstations to our customers. We continue to strive to achieve our goals toward customer satisfaction by building systems with the highest performance.”
- -Bob Anderson, VP, Strategic Accounts, ZT Group Int’l, Inc.
“AMD has once again taken the ‘pole-position’ with the introduction of the Dual-Core AMD Opteron processor. Angstrom is proud to announce enterprise-class database computing technology based on the 8P/16-core AMD Opteron processor-based blade design.”
- -Lalit Jain, CEO, Angstrom Microsystems
“We are happy to collaborate with AMD to offer Dual-Core AMD Opteron processor-based servers and workstations as well as celebrate with AMD the second anniversary of the 32- and 64-bit AMD Opteron processor. The integration of the Dual-Core AMD Opteron processor in Appro’s HPC blade servers and workstations will improve the overall customer value proposition in 2005 and beyond.”
- -Daniel Kim, CEO, Appro International, Inc.
“The Dual-Core AMD Opteron processor obviously makes migration much quicker than staging new boxes with new motherboards. It demonstrates the best performance-per-watt architecture in the market for x86 32- and 64-bit computing. The Dual-Core AMD Opteron processor is engineered to deliver breakthrough performance for embedded networking and comprehensive computing applications. Atipa Technologies is looking forward to bringing the benefits of AMD dual-core processing to the high-performance computing cluster market.”
- -Dana Chang, Vice President, Atipa Technologies
“With our strong collaboration with AMD, we have already performed successful early testing of the Dual-Core AMD Opteron processors on the Cray XD1 system on a range of applications and are excited to be rolling them out to our customers. All of our Cray supercomputers, including the Cray XD1 and Cray XT3 systems, were designed to accommodate higher density dual-core processors in order to leverage our customers’ investment in these systems. As a result, customers who choose the dual-core option will enjoy improved price/performance, while continuing to see exceptional sustained application performance without the need to modify their applications.”
- -Peter Ungaro, President, Cray
“The Dual-Core AMD Opteron processor launched by AMD sets the trend in the industry. Its seamless upgrade and Direct Connect Architecture are the advantages appealing to users. In the meantime, Dawning also launches servers based on Dual-Core AMD Opteron processors, enabling Chinese users to employ the world’s cutting-edge computing technology. Dawning is fully confident in the future of dual-core processors – a powerful trend-setter embracing and having in mind the future.”
- -Li Jun, President, Dawning Technologies, Inc.
“We applaud AMD’s pioneering work in both 64-bit computing and multi-core technology. The Dual-Core AMD Opteron processor offers customers an outstanding value proposition that includes exceptional price/performance. Our introduction of Processing Blades based on AMD64 dual-core technology has enabled Egenera to expand its market to applications previously reserved for high-end RISC/UNIX systems.”
- -Susan Davis, Vice President of Marketing and Product Management, Egenera, Inc.
“It is a great pleasure to celebrate the second anniversary of the AMD Opteron processor and the launch of Dual-Core AMD Opteron processors. AMD's technological leadership with AMD64 technology and Direct Connect Architecture is a key enabler for realizing Fabric7's vision of developing revolutionary application and service delivery platforms for the enterprise data center. The performance and scalability inherent in the AMD64 architecture enable us to offer unprecedented levels of flexibility and price/performance for our customers. With today's launch, AMD has yet again demonstrated its ability to execute. We appreciate AMD's diligence in listening to customers and working with us to help develop solutions that offer superior value.”
- -Dr. Sharad Mehrotra, Founder and CEO, Fabric7 Systems, Inc.
“Linux Networx customers require the most advanced technology that is available in the industry, and we believe that the Dual-Core AMD Opteron processors will provide a substantial price/performance improvement for a variety of key applications. We have deployed thousands of AMD Opteron processors in our Linux cluster systems with great success, and the advancement of this new technology will allow our customers to receive greater power management and efficiency in achieving their computational goals.”
- -Eric Pitcher, Vice President of Technical Marketing, Linux Networx, Inc.
“M&A Technology, in collaboration with AMD, intends to unleash the power of the Dual-Core AMD Opteron processor. We are combining the AMD processor’s performance with our Linux clustering expertise to create a world-class enterprise solution with engineered stability and performance.”
- -Val Overbey, Chief Technology Officer, M&A Technology
“The latest AMD innovation, putting a second core on the die, enables programs that are not memory bound to take full advantage of the additional processing power. Applications that can dramatically improve in speed include floating-point-intensive computations, like FFTs, which have high data re-use rates; SMP applications that make frequent calls, including transaction-based business applications; and programs that depend on byte code interpreters like JAVA to carry the work load. The Dual-Core AMD Opteron processor will change the face of high-performance computing.”
- -Stephen Fried, President and CTO, Microway, Inc.
“What AMD has done with the Dual-Core AMD Opteron processor is incredible. Not only can we now offer 4P/8-core systems in a 2U form factor, but we can also offer many of our existing Empro customers an easy upgrade path to double the number of CPU cores in their existing systems.”
- -Trey Harris, Founder, Monarch Computer
“To date, the AMD Opteron processor 200 Series has been a successful product for our graphic render nodes and editing workstations. Our film post-production clients have heavy demands for 3D processing and the simplicity of upgrading from their existing AMD Opteron processors to dual-core is fool-proof. The cost-savings for our clients are clear when you can increase performance, reduce heat, have simultaneous 32-bit and 64-bit computing, and above all maintain backward compatibility to their existing hardware and software.”
- -Ivan Secoquian, Co-founder and Vice President, Open Source Storage, Inc.
“The AMD Opteron processor is one of the reasons we are able to provide customers with the strong price/performance ratio we are known for in scalable, robust high performance computing and datacenter Linux solutions. Because of the strong commitment at AMD to develop higher performance processor capabilities, such as the Dual-Core AMD Opteron processor with Direct Connect Architecture and the best performance-per-watt in the industry, more of our customers in the high performance computing market are able to take advantage of powerful, cost-effective technologies such as Linux clusters.”
- -Enrico Pesatori, Chairman and CEO, Penguin Computing
“AMD's solution to address Moore's law is becoming more obvious. By adding processor cores, Dual-Core AMD Opteron processors can continue to increase performance while keeping power consumption to a minimum. AMD dual-core technology enables users to increase their computing capacity without increasing power requirements, providing the best performance-per-watt ratio in the industry.”
- -Alex Lesser, CEO, PSSC Labs
“It is incredibly exciting to see AMD’s dual-core processors come to market. As one of the world’s largest providers of AMD Opteron processor-based servers, we are pleased to offer a new series of solutions to our customers that truly raise the bar on performance and efficiency.”
- -Giovanni Coglitore, Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Rackable Systems
“We are pleased to join AMD in celebrating the second anniversary of the AMD Opteron processor. The power of the Dual-Core AMD Opteron processor ensures that our Newisys Enterprise-class servers are among the most compact and powerful servers on the market for a significant price-performance advantage.”
- -Don Johnson, Executive Vice President, Enterprise Computing and Storage Division, Sanmina-SCI
“We are in a unique position to get the best from the new AMD64 dual-core technology. Our new 64-bit Server Tarox Opus 1000R takes full advantage of the Dual-Core AMD Opteron processor Model 875, managing multithreaded applications with superior efficiency and performance while offering cost savings and power efficiency for enterprise and SMB customers."
- -Matthias Steinkamp, Chief Operating Officer, Tarox Holding AG
“Verari Systems' standards-based architecture and patented Vertical Cooling thermal management technologies allow us to package our BladeRack blade servers with the latest AMD Opteron processors available today in the densest form factor possible. Our customers will continue to receive the best performance-per-watt architecture available in the HPCC market.”
- -David Driggers, CEO, Verari Systems
"As a leading supplier of RDMA over Ethernet networking solutions, Ammasso has teamed with AMD to dramatically improve performance for customers running I/O intensive applications on HPTC clusters. The combination of 64-bit computing, RDMA and the integrated memory controllers of AMD64 processors translate into exceptional application price/performance. We expect these benefits to extend to the enterprise grid and storage markets as RDMA proliferates."
- -Alan Litchfield, Ammasso, CEO
"AMD’s aggressive and innovative vision for pervasive multi-core processing promises more exciting developments in 2005 and ATI is proud to support AMD’s quest for industry-leading changes. Important breakthroughs lie ahead in dual-core processing and as AMD drives the dynamic server market forward, ATI will continue delivering chipset products that set industry standards for stability, video quality, flexibility and software support."
- -Phil Eisler, ATI Technologies Inc., Senior Vice President and General Manager, Chipset and Notebook Products
"The AMD Opteron processor is well architected for the enterprise server market. The revolutionary Direct Connect Architecture provides the ultimate price/performance value proposition for the server OEMs, and it also provides a perfect showcase for Broadcom's high-performance I/O product portfolio."
- -Thomas Lagatta, Broadcom Corporation, Group Vice President, Enterprise Computing Group
“We are excited to be on the forefront with AMD and multi-core 64-bit computing. This technology will allow SONAR users to get dramatic improvements in audio processing performance, translating to more tracks and effects and a deeper sonic palette from sample libraries.”
- -Ron Kuper, Cakewalk, Vice President, Engineering
“As the leader in access infrastructure solutions, Citrix has a long history of incorporating AMD technologies to provide optimized functionality and a lower total cost of ownership in Citrix Presentation Server deployments. With imminent market demand for 64-bit computing, we are excited about the improved scalability and performance benefits that Dual-Core AMD Opteron processor-based systems promise to offer our customers.”
- -David Jones, Citrix, Senior Vice President, Corporate Development
“The key to solving the grand challenges and HPC problems lies in finding the optimal combination of awesome computing force and the innovative, complex codes that fully leverage that power. This combination of optimal software design and mighty hardware architecture is the holy grail of technical computing, and the combination of AMD’s multi-core or 64-bit architectures with Etnus TotalView, a premium development tool, plays a strong role in enabling such an elegant solution.”
- -Mary Kay Bunde, Etnus, Director, Market Development
“AMD’s powerful Dual-Core AMD Opteron processor technology and Kingston memory offer a dynamic duo in computing performance. Kingston quality memory optimizes the revolutionary AMD64 platform.”
- -Mark Tekunoff, Kingston, Senior Technology Manager
"The launch of Dual-Core AMD Opteron processors completely aligns with Mellanox's InfiniBand interconnect performance roadmap. As InfiniBand transitions from 10Gb/s to 20Gb/s, I/O, computing and memory performance remain optimally balanced for clustered computing and storage applications that demand world-class performance."
- -Eyal Waldman, Mellanox Technologies, CEO and Chairman
“Customers want to be able to take advantage of innovative technologies, such as AMD64-based systems and dual-core processors, in a cost-effective manner. Working with partners such as AMD, Microsoft consistently delivers to the Windows® platform customers the best price/performance in the industry. Based on industry benchmarks, the Windows platform has delivered a 200x performance improvement at 1/17 the cost during the past seven years. The combination of Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions and AMD64 multi-core processors will continue to drive even better performance, giving customers the ability to get more value out of their 32-bit and 64-bit applications.”
- -Bob Kelly, Microsoft Corporation, General Manager of Windows Server Group
“The increased power and memory capacity of AMD Opteron processors provides a compelling hardware platform for MicroStrategy. Running on 64-bit Linux or Microsoft Windows operating systems, AMD64 technology provides greater than 4 gigabyte memory addressing capabilities to handle and manipulate large data sets and report caches. The increased addressable memory improves system performance and allows customers to configure their business intelligence systems in ways that are simply not possible with 32-bit only architectures.”
- -Jeff Bedell, MicroStrategy, CTO
“AMD Opteron processors combined with MSC.Software CAE products lets our customers continue to reduce the time and costs associated with manufacturing complex mechanical products. We look forward to supporting AMD's dual-core processors and jointly delivering compelling engineering solutions to our customers around the world.”
- -Kevin Kilroy, MSC.Software, Director of Infrastructure
"The launch of the AMD Opteron processor two years ago marked a key milestone of 64-bit architecture adoption for cluster computing. The price-performance and architectural advantages of the AMD Opteron processor has enabled customers to build high-performance clusters at extreme scale, including a cluster benchmarked as one of the Top 10 fastest supercomputers in the world. Myricom continues to collaborate with AMD in ensuring that Myrinet cluster interconnect is optimized for AMD64, including the new Dual-Core AMD Opteron processor."
- -Dr. Nan Boden, Myricom, Executive Vice President
"We are very enthusiastic about bringing the performance that these new hardware technology advancements offer to our customers. We have placed a high priority on making sure that LightWave takes full advantage of the latest technology. We understand our customers need the maximum level of computing power available - that’s why we’ve made the effort to support multi-core and 64-bit technology right out of the gate. It is our belief that the release of these new technologies will significantly benefit LightWave users."
- -Andrew Cross, NewTek, Senior Vice President of Engineering
"Novell's SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 empowers businesses by delivering a scalable, high-performance foundation for secure enterprise computing. Novell has taken a lead in optimizing Linux for AMD64 dual-core technology and our current version of enterprise Linux is ready today with this support."
- -Markus Rex, SUSE LINUX in Novell, Vice President and General Manager
"Within our growing base of commercial customers, Panasas continues to see widespread adoption of the AMD Opteron processor platform for Linux clusters. Our Panasas ActiveScale Storage Cluster and AMD Opteron processors are enabling the emergence of Linux clusters as a viable mainstream high-performance computing solution, increasing the speed and accuracy of business decisions, and enabling customers' to create a competitive business advantage."
- -Larry Jones, Panasas, Vice President of Product Marketing
“Moving to the generation of dual-core processors, the AMD Opteron processor is no doubt an outstanding choice for performance-driven users. SiS rich-feature chipsets and AMD dual-core technology are an ideal combination for a much more robust and competitive platform solution.”
- -Daniel Chen, SiS, President and CEO
"As a leader in CAD/CAM/CAE software, UGS optimizes and tunes its code to leverage technology innovations that will provide our customers with the highest levels of performance and functionality, such as the Dual-Core AMD Opteron processor. The availability of cost-effective, 64-bit Windows computing platforms – now enhanced by multi-core technology – has created growing interest and demand in our customers with large memory and performance requirements. The threading inherent in UGS’ NX and NX Nastran products will take advantage of the two cores in the new AMD processor, providing our CAD and CAE customers who model and analyze very large parts and assemblies an opportunity to see noticeable performance improvements based on this technology."
- -Chris Brosz, UGS, Vice President of Technical Operations
"AMD has played an important role in the advancement of 64-bit processing. Customers looking to run enterprise workloads on Linux have been asking leading ISVs like VERITAS to support 64-bit platforms. VERITAS has broadened its Linux portfolio to add support for AMD Opteron processor-based platforms taking advantage of the performance improvements enabled by AMD's unique Direct Connect Architecture. VERITAS' support for Linux on AMD Opteron processors gives customers a greater range of choices as they evaluate and/or transition to 64-bit computing architectures while still running their current 32-bit applications."
- -Sanjay Poonen, VERITAS Software, Vice President, Strategic Alliances
“With our leading K8 series chipsets, such as the VIA K8T890, we are proud to support AMD as they continue their microprocessor leadership with the launch of the latest Dual-Core AMD Opteron processors. As multi-core designs become more prevalent, AMD’s forward-thinking designs will help ensure industry-leading platforms, and VIA is committed to providing premium infrastructure support with unconstrained performance and comprehensive feature sets.”
- -Chewei Lin, VIA, Vice President of Product Marketing
"The powerful combination of 64-bit AMD Opteron processors and InfiniBand interconnect technology are essential to cluster and grid architectures that are becoming the de-facto standard in data centers and high performance computing environments. Voltaire grid interconnect solutions are a perfect complement to AMD Opteron processors because they enable customers to benefit from the increased I/O traffic to improve overall performance and scalability."
- -Yaron Haviv, Voltaire, Chief Technology Officer
"Support for solutions based on 64-bit hardware and software is key for participating in the next generation of the computing industry. At Xerox, we have developed the print drivers for our line of office printers and multifunction devices to support solutions based on the AMD64 technology platform - ensuring our products will be ready for the next wave in computing."
- -Rick Peebles, Xerox Office Group, Vice President and Chief Technology Officer
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