Western Scientific Unveils Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ Processor based Server and HPC Solutions

San Diego, California -- 9/10/2007 -- Western Scientific, a global provider of application tuned high-performance computing and storage solutions, is proud to announce the release of it’s Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ processor-powered Fusion™ servers, workstations, and KiloCluster™ HPC solutions today. With advanced features such as, Enhanced AMD PowerNow!™ technology, AMD CoolCore™ technology and Rapid Virtualization Indexing, the Quad-Core AMD Opteron processor’s native quad-core design is the ideal architecture to meet the demanding needs of competitive driven result times and data-center efficiency.

"We are extremely excited to leverage Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors in our arsenal of solutions aimed at accelerating innovation and driving down IT costs,” states Doug Johnson, Vice President, Western Scientific. “Our customers have greatly benefited from the advanced feature set and industry leading performance-per-watt of AMD64 technology, and we believe Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors usher in a new level of high-performing, energy-efficient computing.”

”We applaud Western Scientific for continuing to build innovative, high-performing solutions powered by the industry-leading AMD64 platform,” said Patrick Patla, Director of Product Management, Server/Workstation Division, AMD (NYSE: AMD). “Customers purchasing Quad-Core AMD Opteron processor-powered solutions will continue to benefit from AMD’s proven Direct Connect Architecture, which provides high-throughput responsiveness and scalability to improve overall system efficiency, as well as new 128-bit SSE floating point capabilities which translates to world-class performance for compute-intensive applications.”

About Western Scientific
Western Scientific is a global provider of HPC solutions, data storage systems, servers and workstations. Founded in 1978 and based in San Diego, California, Western Scientific has consistently brought to market an extensive line of application tuned solutions driven by the latest technology with optimal price/performance in mind. Your application is unique; shouldn't your system be as well? Western Scientific addresses the requirements of the application to achieve maximum performance and efficiency. To learn more about Western Scientific, go to http://www.wsm.com.

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