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HP

Using the AMD Opteron™ processor, HP added to its portfolio a lineup capable of boosting enterprise application performance by nearly 75 percent. In doing so, HP positioned itself to drive the adoption of dual-core technology.

"The benefits that we've seen in the DL585, specifically with respect to absolute performance, performance per watt and price-to-performance, are tremendous."

Ed Leonard
Chief Technology Officer
DreamWorks Animation SKG.

Sun Microsystems

Together, AMD and Sun have developed a complete roster of AMD Opteron processor-based Sun Fire servers and Sun Java workstation solutions delivering industry-leading performance to the enterprise. The collaboration has led to world-record setting results.

IBM

IBM introduced a more robust, powerful workstation using Dual-Core AMD Opteron™ processors. The IBM eServer and IntelliStation product lines empower IBM customers in diverse fields such as engineering and digital content creation to facilitate tasks like product design, movie production, chemical and petroleum, and chip manufacturing.

"With the AMD Opteron architecture, IntelliStation drops render times so significantly, it gives Luminetik artists the freedom to create without fear of technology limitations,"

Akiko Ashley
Principal
Luminetik Animation Studios

Egenera

Egenera Inc., a global leader in utility computing, recently introduced dual-core AMD Opteron™ processor-based processing blades, answering the demand of its world-class customers for a uniquely flexible computing environment.

"AMD's dual-core technology extends use of the BladeFrame to applications previously reserved for high-end RISC/UNIX systems,"

Susan Davis
Vice President of Marketing and Product Management
Egenera

AMD-Microsoft Customers

Volume Licensing Business Tools and Analytics Group
Microsoft

The Microsoft Volume Licensing Business Tools and Analytics Group was able to achieve an estimated $27 million in savings over six month period by taking advantage of 64-bit features of AMD Opteron™ processor and 64-bit Microsoft SQL Server 2005. The Group was able to achieve a 99% improvement in analysis time and generate price quotes in minutes rather than hours.

Sabre

When faced with the rigorous demands of reliably processing millions of searches successfully on their mission-critical production environment Sabre and their hosting partner EDS turned into AMD Opteron processor-based HP ProLiant DL585 servers.

SingTel

SingTel, a telecom provider with unmatched reach throughout the Asia Pacific region, found that AMD Opteron™ processor-based servers drastically reduced the time it takes to analyze data, while ensuring a smooth transition to 64-bit applications in SingTel's EXPAN data centers.

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