AMD announces IBM and Oracle support to further boost enterprise compatibility with AMD64.AMD (NYSE:AMD) has announced additional enterprise software support from IBM and Oracle with availability of AMD64 AMD64 - Advanced Micro Devices 64 Bit product optimizations. The migration of these core business applications to the AMD64 platform will help ensure enterprise customers have access to x86-based 64-bit software optimized for improving e-business and enterprise resource planning (ERP). The new solutions represent offerings from the industry's leading database and ERP companies. IBM announced an upcoming developer's release Technology Preview of DB2 Universal Database for Windows Server 2003 for Extended 64-Bit Systems. Oracle is offering immediate availability of an AMD64-optimized Oracle Database A relational database management system (DBMS) from Oracle, which runs on more than 80 platforms. The Oracle database, the current version of which is Oracle11i, is Oracle's flagship product. It was introduced in the late 1970s and was the first database product to run on a variety of platforms from micro to mainframe. Version 8 (Oracle8) added object-oriented extensions, and Version 8i (Oracle8i) added Internet enhancements in 1999, including support for XML and Java. for Linux as well as a developer's release of Oracle Database 10g for Windows. "With DB2 and Oracle continuing to increase their support for AMD64 technology, enterprise customers can more fully leverage the dramatic performance improvements and scalability of AMD Opteron processors," said Marty Seyer, vice president and general manager of AMD's Microprocessor Business Unit. "With the ability to easily migrate applications to AMD64, AMD Opteron processors provide such a simplified path to 64-bit computing that we continue to see a groundswell of support. IT organizations must now assess their total cost of ownership for both 32- and 64-bit computing environments." "IBM DB2 Universal Database was the first to demonstrate support for the AMD64 platform on Linux," said Bob Picciano, vice president, database technology, Toronto Software Laboratory, IBM. "We now intend for DB2 to be the first database to support AMD64 for Windows. This provides an alternative to businesses that are looking for an easily installed solution which can provide excellent performance, an outstanding value and faster return on investment." "We are seeing an increased demand from our customers to run the Oracle Database on AMD Opteron processor-based servers, so the availability of the Oracle Database on Linux and the developer's release of Oracle Database 10g on Windows for AMD Opteron processor-based servers is great news for our customers," said Andrew Mendelsohn, senior vice president of Database Server Technologies, Oracle. "These servers are robust platforms for running both single server Oracle databases as well as highly available and scalable Oracle Real Application Clusters databases." The AMD Opteron processor continues to transform the enterprise with groundbreaking architecture, world-class 32-bit performance and an ecosystem committed to the development of an industry-standard 64-bit solution. The world's first 32-bit and 64-bit processor compatible with x86 architecture, the AMD Opteron processor is based on AMD64 technology. AMD64 with Direct Connect Architecture helps eliminate the bottlenecks inherent in a front-side bus by directly connecting the processors, the memory controller and the I/O to the central processor Same as CPU. unit, improving overall system performance and efficiency. |
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