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COPYRIGHT 2004 Ingram Investment Ltd.
M2 PRESSWIRE-31 August 2004-AMD: AMD demonstrates world's first x86 dual-core processor; AMD's newest leadership milestone changes the dynamics of the industry(C)1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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Sunnyvale, Calif. - Today, AMD (NYSE: AMD) announces it is demonstrating the industry's first x86 dual-core processor. During demonstrations held at the company's Austin facilities, AMD is showing an HP ProLiant DL585 server powered by four dual-core AMD Opteron(tm) processors manufactured on 90nm silicon-on-insulator process technology.
With a simple upgrade path to more efficient computing, based on AMD's existing system infrastructure and industry-standard architecture, enterprise customers can expect more efficient processing power without the penalties of increased power consumption and heat dissipation. The dual-core AMD Opteron processor for servers and workstations is expected to offer the best performance per watt in the market when AMD plans to make it available in mid-2005.
"This industry milestone changes the dynamics of the computing business," said Dirk Meyer, executive vice president, AMD Computation Products Group. "Once again, AMD is delivering a simplified approach to more efficient processing power, with products that will deliver multi-core 64-bit computing to our strong customer base."
This announcement follows a series of impressive firsts from...
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