AMD, Microsoft, Samsung Demonstrate How x64 OS Allows Doubling of Server Storage Capacity, While Improving Application Responsiveness.SEATTLE -- Samsung Electronics Samsung Electronics (SEC, Hangul:삼성전자; KSE: 005930, KSE: 005935, LSE: SMSN, LSE: SMSD) is a South Korean multinational corporation and the world's largest and leading electronics and information technology company. Co., Ltd., the world leader in advanced memory technology, today announced that it has joined with five other companies to demonstrate the highest scalability threshold for DDR (Double Data Rate) Refers to an SDRAM memory chip that increases performance by doubling the effective data rate of the frontside bus. For more details, see SDRAM. DDR - Double Data Rate Random Access Memory 1 memory, in showing how leading servers can benefit from using 4GB registered DIMMs (dual inline memory modules) with Windows(R) Server 2003 x64 Edition Refers to 64-bit versions of Windows operating systems. See x64. . The demonstration, being held with AMD (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, www.amd.com) A major manufacturer of semiconductor devices including x86-compatible CPUs, embedded processors, flash memories, programmable logic devices and networking chips. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AMD), Microsoft Corporation (company) Microsoft Corporation - The biggest supplier of operating systems and other software for IBM PC compatibles. Software products include MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, Windows NT, Microsoft Access, LAN Manager, MS Client, SQL Server, Open Data Base Connectivity (ODBC), MS Mail, , Newisys(R), a Sanmina-SCI Company (Nasdaq:SANM) and two other server companies, is taking place Monday, April 25 to Wednesday, April 27 in the Technology Showcase of the Microsoft WinHEC (Windows Hardware Engineering Conference The Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) is the annual software developer-oriented trade show and business conference where Microsoft elaborates on its hardware plans for Microsoft Windows-compatible PCs. ) at the Washington State Convention Center. The new Microsoft 64-bit Editions of the Windows Server See Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Home Server, Windows 2000 and Windows NT. 2003 helps servers to make use of up to twice as much memory for data storage -- such as Samsung's 4GB registered DIMMs -- and, at the same time, provides a larger "virtual address" area for user applications on top of the memory slots. This considerably reduces the amount of demand paging Copying a page of program code from disk into memory when required by the program. (memory management) demand paging - A kind of virtual memory where a page of memory will be paged in if an attempt is made to access it and it is not already present in main memory. needed to run most applications (reading and writing of data to the page file on the hard disk), thereby noticeably improving application responsiveness. Using the x64 versions of Windows Server 2003, high end AMD Opteron(TM) processor-based servers can be linked together to allow up to 32 4GB registered DIMMS for a total of 128GB. "Samsung's DDR1 has been a mainstay of the server market for the past few years. Extending the density capacity of DDR1 can allow AMD Opteron processor-based server systems using the x64 versions of Windows to support an even wider range of enterprise workloads. With operating systems now exploiting the benefits of AMD64 technology with Direct Connect Architecture, customers can have dramatic performance boosts of both 32- and 64-bit applications," said Pat Patla, director, server/workstation marketing, Microprocessor Solutions Sector, AMD. "Our new Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions allow Samsung's DDR1 memory to integrate with the Dual-Core AMD Opteron processor at a density twice the previous upper limit. This will help companies store much more data on AMD Opteron processor-based, enterprise-grade servers with a significant savings over what would have been possible if they had to switch out systems," said John Borozan, senior product manager, Windows Server division at Microsoft. Samsung's 4GB registered DIMMs, DDR1 memory is now being mass produced and is available worldwide. About Samsung Electronics Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a global leader in semiconductor, telecommunication, digital media and digital convergence technologies with 2004 parent company sales of US$55.2 billion and net income of US$10.3 billion. Employing approximately 123,000 people in 93 offices in 48 countries, the company consists of five main business units: Digital Appliance Business, Digital Media Business, LCD Business, Semiconductor Business and Telecommunication Network Business. Recognized as one of the fastest growing global brands, Samsung Electronics is the world's largest producer of color monitors, color TVs, memory chips and TFT-LCDs. For more information, please visit www.samsung.com. The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners. Editor's Note: Servers from IWILL Corporation and Angstrom angstrom (ăng`strəm), abbr. Å, unit of length equal to 10−10 meter (0.0000000001 meter); it is used to measure the wavelengths of visible light and of other forms of electromagnetic radiation, such as ultraviolet Microsystems also are involved in the demonstration. |
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