AMD Opteron Processor Wins HPCwire Editor's Choice Award.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers Supercomputing 2003 PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 19, 2003 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) today announced at Supercomputing 2003 the AMD Opteron(tm) processor has been awarded the HPCwire Editor's Choice award for Vendor Delivering Most Innovative 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. Technology for 2003. "The readers and editors of HPCwire are looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. groundbreaking advances in technology that benefit high performance computing," said Tom Tabor, publisher of HPCwire. "The AMD Opteron processor has certainly energized the field of high performance computing in both the research and commercial markets, with a unique set of architectural features that improve the performance of a clustered computer system." In the high performance computing (HPC) field, where thousands of processors can be linked together to perform critical and intensive data calculations, the AMD Opteron processor provides improved data throughput, reduced memory latency In computing, memory latency is the time between initiating a request for a byte or word in memory until it is retrieved. If the data is not in the processor's cache, it takes longer to obtain them, as the processor will have to communicate with the external memory cells. and vast scalability. "Our focus with the AMD Opteron processor has been to provide a tangible, significantly improved option in the server market," said David Rich, director of High Performance Computing at AMD. "The HPC community has historically been at the forefront of computing technology and it's gratifying grat·i·fy tr.v. grat·i·fied, grat·i·fy·ing, grat·i·fies 1. To please or satisfy: His achievement gratified his father. See Synonyms at please. 2. to have their support and enthusiasm endorsing AMD's direction in delivering innovative, customer-focused products." A complete list of the 2003 HPCwire awards is available at www.tgc.com/hpcwire. 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 enterprise 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 Founded in 1969 and based in Sunnyvale, Calif., AMD (NYSE:AMD) is a global supplier of integrated circuits Integrated circuits Miniature electronic circuits produced within and upon a single semiconductor crystal, usually silicon. Integrated circuits range in complexity from simple logic circuits and amplifiers, about 1/20 in. (1. for the personal and networked computer and communications markets with manufacturing facilities in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , Europe, Japan, and Asia. AMD, a Standard & Poor's 500 company, produces microprocessors, Flash memory devices, and silicon-based solutions for communications and networking applications. 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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