RackSaver Incorporates New AMD Opteron™ Processor into their line of Servers, Blade Servers and Supercomputing Clusters

RackSaver’s BladeRack XT Accommodates 88 of AMD’s Breakthrough Processors

SAN DIEGO, CA -- 4/22/2003 -- RackSaver, a leading provider of high-density individual rack-optimized servers, blade servers and supercomputer clusters today announced support for AMD Opteron™ processors that will power the next generation of enterprise-class servers and workstations.

RackSaver products supporting the AMD Opteron processor include its BladeRack XT, QuatreX-64™, and the RS-1164/op. The BladeRack XT consists of 44 dual processor compute nodes (88 AMD Opteron processors) 32GB of memory per node (nearly 1.5TB per rack), as much as 11TB of storage, and the company’s innovative, patent-pending Vertical Cooling System. RackSaver’s RS-1164/op is a 1U, 2P server and the QuatreX-64™ is a 4U, 4P server. RackSaver is already experiencing an extremely high interest in all of their AMD Opteron processor-based servers.

The AMD Opteron processor is designed to simplify customers’ business processes by minimizing integration complexity and providing simultaneous 32- and 64-bit high-performance computing. Other features include advanced HyperTransport™ technology as well as an integrated DDR memory controller.

RackSaver CTO and CEO David Driggers said, “We’re very pleased to be continuing our relationship with AMD and we’re thrilled with the AMD Opteron processor. It was designed to deliver high-performance server and workstation solutions for the most demanding enterprise applications and that’s what RackSaver provides to its customers. The fact that the AMD Opteron processor’s innovative design facilitates the migration to 64-bit computing without sacrificing 32-bit capability is a quality that is in high demand.”

“RackSaver’s products are well known for their quality, performance and reliability,” said Ben Williams, director, server marketing development, AMD’s Computation Products Group. “The AMD Opteron processor offers exceptional performance and scalability, and at the same time provides customers the option of migrating from 32- to 64-bits as their business dictates.”

RackSaver is a world-class provider of high-density individual rack-optimized servers, blade servers and supercomputing clusters. RackSaver has been based in San Diego for over five years and is committed to providing custom built solutions for virtually any market needing high-performance computing power at the lowest possible cost. To learn more about RackSaver and its unique supercomputing cluster solutions please visit http://www.racksaver.com or call (858) 874-3800.

RackSaver and BladeRack are either registered trademarks or trademarks of RackSaver, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. AMD, AMD Opteron, and combinations thereof, are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. HyperTransport is a trademark of the HyperTransport Consortium. Other product and company names are for informational purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective companies.