AMD Introduces 'Emerald' Clustering Environment for Multi-Core Application Testing and Development.SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Dual-Core 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. Opteron(TM) Processor-Based Cluster Broadens AMD Developer Center Resources, Provides Solid Example of Partnering AMD (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AMD) today unveiled its Emerald cluster installation. The AMD Developer Center's Emerald is its newest and largest system, as well as its first publicly available cluster based entirely on Dual-Core AMD Opteron(TM) processors with Direct Connect Architecture. AMD is offering use of Emerald to industry partners, developers, customers and end users as a cutting-edge, multi-core test and development platform. "Supercomputing is all about performance. The combination of AMD dual-core processors with AMD64's Direct Connect Architecture not only delivers leading-edge performance, but also excels in energy efficiency and performance per watt, key issues in datacenters today," said Joe Menard, corporate vice president, software strategy, AMD. "AMD is helping set the standard for commercial computing, so Emerald allows customers, partner companies and end users to test and optimize applications across hundreds of dual-core processors. To make Emerald happen, we worked with an outstanding group of industry associates that showcase their extraordinary products alongside our multi-core technology." "As AMD continues to offer innovative solutions for multi-core computing, Rackable Systems' Dual-Core AMD Opteron processor-based servers help offer the scalability to achieve such impressive results," said Colette LaForce, vice president of marketing, Rackable Systems. "As AMD successfully responds to the need for multi-core testing and development in compute-intensive environments, Rackable Systems is fully aligned with and proud to be part of the AMD Emerald cluster." This cluster is comprised of 144 Rackable Systems nodes, each containing two Dual-Core AMD Opteron processors model 275, for a total of 576 cores. For the HPC (Handheld PC) A palmtop computer that weighs less than one pound and runs specialized versions of popular applications. Microsoft coined the term for its Windows CE operating system, which is an abbreviated version of Windows. See Pocket PC. Challenge benchmark suite, using a 512-core Emerald configuration, AMD was able to achieve the #1 score in the Random Access (GUPs) benchmark and also measure 1.865 TFlop/s for an efficiency rate of 82.8 percent (http://icl.cs.utk.edu/hpcc/hpcc_results.cgi). The HPC Challenge benchmark is designed to measure a variety of factors influencing application performance, including sustainable memory bandwidth Memory bandwidth is the rate at which data can be read from or stored into a semiconductor memory by a processor. Memory bandwidth is usually expressed in units of bytes/second, though this can vary for systems with natural data sizes that are not a multiple of the commonly used and latency (1) The time between initiating a request in the computer and receiving the answer. Data latency may refer to the time between a query and the results arriving at the screen or the time between initiating a transaction that modifies one or more databases and its completion. . These benchmarks are highly sensitive Adj. 1. highly sensitive - readily affected by various agents; "a highly sensitive explosive is easily exploded by a shock"; "a sensitive colloid is readily coagulated" to memory update performance and the speed of network communications, and showcase the clear advantages of AMD64's Direct Connect Architecture. The Emerald cluster has 1,152 GB RAM, and includes Cyclades TS3000 Console Server A console server (also console access server or console management server or serial console server) is a device or service that provides access to the system console of a computing device via networking technologies. ; a Force10 Networks E300 Series Switch; Iwill DK8-HTX motherboards; Panasas ActiveScale Storage Cluster; Pathscale InfiniPath HTX HTX HyperTransport (high speed low latency chip to chip interlink) HTX Højere Teknisk Eksamen (Danish Technical College) HTX Hungarian Traded Index HTX Hemothorax HTX human tumor xenograft InfiniBand Adapters; Rackable Systems servers leveraging DC Power technology; 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. 2GB 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 400 memory modules based on single-rank 1Gbit technology; and a Silverstorm 9120 InfiniBand Switch. The AMD Developer Center has helped hundreds of leading innovators innovators people who will try new things. early innovators important figures in the farming or client community because they are the leaders in the introduction of new techniques and management systems. test and optimize their products, enterprise configurations and clusters for AMD64 technology. Located in Sunnyvale, Calif., the AMD Developer Center provides on-site technical support and global virtual access to the AMD64 environment -- enabling scheduled sessions onsite or remotely at https://devcenter.amd.com. More than 85 of the top 100 of the Forbes Global 2000 companies or their subsidiaries, representing the world's most competitive industries, now rely on AMD Opteron(TM) processor-based systems. The AMD64 processor platform with Direct Connect Architecture is the gold standard for 64-bit computing, evolving industry standards to deliver break-through performance by reducing bottlenecks inherent in traditional front-side bus architectures and enabling a more efficient approach to virtualization An umbrella term for enhancing a computer's ability to do work. Following are the ways virtualization is used. Hardware Virtualization Partitioning the computer's memory into separate and isolated "virtual machines" simulates multiple machines within one physical computer. . Single- and Dual-Core AMD Opteron processors deliver the highest performance and performance-per-watt in the market because they were designed from the ground up for multi-core computing. About AMD AMD (NYSE:AMD) designs and produces innovative microprocessors, Flash memory devices and low-power processor solutions for the computer, communications and consumer electronics industries. AMD is dedicated to delivering standards-based, customer-focused solutions for technology users, ranging from enterprises and governments to individual consumers. For more information, visit www.amd.com. (C) 2005 Advanced Micro Devices Inc. AMD, the AMD Arrow logo, AMD Opteron, and combinations thereof, are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices Inc. Other names are for informational purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective owners. |
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