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AMD AND ASUS DEMONSTRATE COMMITMENT TO COMMERCIAL MARKET THROUGH AMD ASSURED PROGRAM.


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

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:AMD) has announced that AMD and ASUS ASUS Arts and Science Undergraduate Society (Queen's University)
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 Computer International have teamed up to promote the AMD Assured Program for the North American North American

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 commercial market. ASUS, one of the world's leading motherboard manufacturers, offers AMD Assured motherboards for system integrators who build AMD processor-based commercial systems.

The AMD Assured Program is designed to help commercial system builders This article's grammar usage needs improvement. Please edit this article in accordance with Wikipedia's .  identify AMD processor-based motherboards that provide stability and long-term availability, enable planned technology transitions, and offer standards-based manageability needed in commercial systems. AMD Assured motherboards have passed AMD's manageability and validation tests, and are available for use in commercial systems powered by AMD processors, including the AMD Athlon XP A family of Pentium-compatible CPU chips from AMD introduced in 2001. Departing from the traditional MHz designation, Athlon XP chips use model numbers that combine clock speed and architectural features into a numerical rating.  and AMD Duron processors.

"The AMD Assured Program demonstrates AMD's continued commitment to the commercial market, and helps provide a key building block desired by IT managers and commercial customers," said Tim Wright Tim Wright may refer to:
  • Tim Wright (musician), a British musician
  • Tim Wright (engineer), a Formula One engineer
  • Tim Wright (UK Musician), a UK musician and recording artist
, director of desktop marketing at AMD. "The ASUS A7V266-E/AA motherboard has many excellent features that meet the standards required by commercial customers. In the future, we look forward to having additional motherboards as part of the AMD Assured Program to address other segments in the market."

"ASUS has a strong reputation of delivering outstanding, high-quality motherboards," said Margaret Chen, sales director of North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere.  at ASUS Computer International. "Teamed with AMD for the AMD Assured Program, ASUS will now offer our A7V266-E/AA to meet the defined needs and requirements of the commercial market. The ASUS A7V266-E/AA motherboard has passed AMD's stringent manageability and validation tests, and is an excellent choice for systems used in government, enterprise, and education segments."

Several system integrators are expected to announce commercial systems that incorporate the ASUS A7V266-E/AA motherboard, including Aspect Computer, Colfax International, Supercom Canada and VoodooPC.

"Aspect Computer will now be able to offer governmental and educational institutions outstanding customized systems based on AMD Assured motherboards," said Jonathan Chu, president, Aspect Computer Corp. "Aspect plans to build customized desktops, servers, and workstations using the ASUS A7V266-E/AA motherboard featuring AMD's Socket A The motherboard receptacle for Duron and newer Athlon CPU chips from AMD. It uses a 462-pin PGA package. See Slot A.  processor interface, a high-performance, stable and reliable platform for commercial customers."

"Colfax International commends AMD and ASUS for the work done on the AMD Assured Program. As one of the first system integrators to offer commercial desktop systems featuring the ASUS A7V266-E/AA motherboard, I anticipate a warm welcome and loud applause from the commercial market," said Colfax International's vice president of sales, Mike Fay. "Customers will be able to customize and configure these AMD processor-based commercial solutions 24/7 in real-time by using Colfax's advanced software technology and back-end configurator."

"Supercom plans to offer commercial systems under the `Touch' brand name featuring AMD Assured motherboards from ASUS," said Supercom system product manager, Eric Chan. "The AMD Assured Program makes sense for Supercom because it further demonstrates AMD's commitment to providing stable, long-term solutions for commercial markets."

"VoodooPC plans to launch our new F-Series Workstations featuring the ASUS A7V266-E/AA motherboard," said Rahul Sood Rahul Sood is the Chief Technology Officer for the HP Gaming Team. In 2007 Business 2.0 magazine had claimed Sood to be 83rd out of 101 persons on their "Who matters now?" list. , president of VoodooPC. "The AMD Assured Program platform adds further validation of AMD's commitment to system builders. By having a long-term supply of AMD Assured motherboards from ASUS, VoodooPC can build solid AMD processor-based systems that ultimately benefit customers in the commercial market."

AMD Assured motherboards comply with Microsoft's System and Device Requirements 2.0, incorporate the essential management elements of Wired for Management Wired for Management (WfM) was a primarily hardware-based system allowing a newly built computer without any software to be manipulated by a master computer that could access the hard disk of the new PC to paste the install program.  2.0, and provide an interoperable solution in any networked environment. In addition, the AMD Assured Program requests motherboards be available in the market for at least 12 months.
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Date:Feb 11, 2002
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