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AMD Donates AMD Opteron Processors and Servers to University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Cluster; Processors Will Power Cluster Supporting Interdepartmental Research.


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SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 11, 2004

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) today donated 12 high-performance servers running 24 AMD Opteron(tm) processors to the University of Illinois University of Illinois may refer to:
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (flagship campus)
  • University of Illinois at Chicago
  • University of Illinois at Springfield
  • University of Illinois system
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 Urbana-Champaign. The servers will be part of a cluster that will provide an experimental platform for projects conducted by faculty members across the departments of Computer Science and Electrical and Computer Engineering and explore the cost-effectiveness of leveraging computational resources across disciplines.

"By donating AMD Opteron processor-based systems to the University of Illinois, AMD is contributing to the continued advancement of high-performance computing High-speed computing, which typically refers to supercomputers used in scientific research. ," said Dirk Meyer Dirk Meyer was co-architect of the DEC Alpha 21064 and 21264 microprocessors. He also worked at Intel in its microprocessor design group.

He joined AMD in 1996, where he personally led the team that designed and developed the AMD Athlon processor.
, AMD senior vice president, Computation Products Group and University of Illinois alumnus ALUMNUS, civil law. A child which one has nursed; a foster child. Dig. 40, 2, 14. . "The AMD Opteron processor is designed to deliver high-performance solutions for today's most demanding applications, making it ideal for the compute-intensive applications and research conducted at the UIUC UIUC University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign  departments of Computer Science and Electrical and Computer Engineering."

AMD is a long-time supporter of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Professor Wen-mei Hwu Wen-mei Hwu is a professor at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign specializing in compilers and reconfigurable computing.

Hwu's Ph.D. research was at the University of California, Berkeley under Yale Patt.
 will be invested as the first W.J. "Jerry" Sanders III - Advanced Micro Devices Endowed Chair in Electrical & Computer Engineering (ECE ECE Electrical and Computer Engineering
ECE Economic Commission for Europe
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) at a ceremony on March 11. AMD has also sponsored the Jerry Sanders Creative Design Competition at the College's annual Engineering Open House since the late 1980's.

About the AMD Opteron(tm) Processor

The AMD Opteron processor is based on AMD's eighth-generation processor core, which marked the introduction of the industry's first 64-bit, x86 technology implementation. This technology preserves companies' investments in 32-bit applications, while allowing a seamless transition to 64-bit computing as those companies require. The AMD Opteron processor is designed to deliver high-performance server and workstation solutions for today's most demanding applications. The processor is scalable, reliable and compatible, which can result in lower total cost of ownership. Key AMD Opteron processor innovations include an integrated memory controller, which reduces memory bottlenecks, and HyperTransport(tm) technology, which increases overall performance by removing or reducing I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output.

I/O - Input/Output
 bottlenecks, increasing bandwidth and reducing latency.

About AMD

AMD (NYSE:AMD) designs and produces microprocessors, Flash memory devices and system-on-chip solutions for the computer, communications and consumer electronics industries. AMD is dedicated to helping its customers deliver standards-based, customer-focused solutions for technology users, ranging from enterprises to government agencies and individual consumers. Founded in 1969, AMD is a Standard & Poor's 500 company with global operations and manufacturing facilities in the United States, Europe, Japan and Asia.

AMD on the Web

For more AMD news and product information, please visit our virtual pressroom at www.amd.com/virtualpressroom. Additional press releases are available at www.amd.com/pressreleases.

AMD, the AMD Arrow logo, AMD Opteron and combinations thereof, are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices Inc. HyperTransport is a licensed trademark of the HyperTransport Technology Consortium. Other product and company names are for informational purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective companies.
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