Western Scientific Servers and Workstations Powered by Third-Generation AMD Opteron™ Processors

Overview

With Third-Generation AMD Opteron™ processors, AMD continues its tradition of providing best-in-class performance, advanced leadership in x86 computing, and non-disruptive technology enhancements.

Third-Generation AMD Opteron™ processors introduce new and innovative features that deliver outstanding performance and performance-per-watt efficiencies.

More than just four cores, AMD’s Direct Connect Architecture features multi-core technology on a single piece of silicon with directly connected cores, directly connected I/O, and a directly connected memory controller. And Third-Generation AMD Opteron™ processors are designed to do it all in the same power and thermal envelopes as previous AMD Opteron™ processors.

Building on the AMD64 platform, AMD Opteron™ processors with Direct Connect Architecture eliminate the bottlenecks inherent in front-side bus architectures and feature unique optimizations designed to increase throughput and reduce latency, including HyperTransport™ technology and an integrated memory controller, which enable a balanced system architecture.

AMD is continuing to drive customer-centric technology leadership by making it easy to transition from dual- to quad-core processors. AMD Opteron™ processors with DDR2 memory are designed for a seamless upgrade path to quad-core computing to lower total cost of ownership (TCO), scale the performance of business applications, and increase capacity without incurring additional costs to the datacenter infrastructure.

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