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Quad-Core AMD Opteron to power HP Blade Technology
By siliconindia
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Tuesday, 09 September 2008, 00:48 IST
Mumbai: AMD has announced that its Quad-Core Opteron processors will be the only ones to power up the world's first blade server developed specifically to overcome performance bottlenecks for virtual server hosting, the innovative HP ProLiant BL495c blade. The launch of the HP server raises the number of systems based on Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors that are shipped from global OEMs to a total of 35. A broad range of blades and high-performance multi-processor platforms powered by Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors are now available for businesses that need more flexibility, in order to support a larger number of virtual machines per server.
"Businesses continue to face memory and I/O constraints as they implement virtualization solutions across more mission-critical workloads," said Patrick Patla, GM-Server and Workstation Business, AMD. "The Quad-Core AMD Opteron processor has proved to be the processor of choice in helping alleviate these demands. With Direct Connect Architecture and AMD-Virtualization technology (AMD-V), the Quad-Core AMD Opteron processor is shaping the direction of virtualization by empowering IT managers with more virtual machines and leading x86 virtualization performance."
"Customers can lower data center costs with the BL495c by packing more virtual servers into each blade, which extends the useful life cycle of the data center by saving floor space, power and cooling," said Mark Potter, VP and GM, BladeSystem, HP. "Through its balanced architecture of memory, I/O and storage innovations, and by matching the exceptional scalability and efficiency of Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors, the BL495c redefines server blades for virtualization."
Quad-Core AMD Opteron processor-based servers take advantage of AMD-V technology with Rapid Virtualization Indexing. Rapid Virtualization Indexing is the industry's only x86 virtualization technology that includes hardware support for a second level of address translation, allowing virtual machines to more directly manage memory, which can help dramatically reduce latency and thereby improve performance across many virtualized applications.
