First Eight OEM Platforms Featuring Quad-Core AMD Opteron Processors Now Available

First Eight OEM Platforms Featuring Quad-Core AMD Opteron Processors Now Available
Delivering new levels in performance scalability, virtualization performance and energy efficiency, AMD (NYSE: AMD) announced customers can get the Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ processor today in systems from HP as well as other system providers. The recently-launched HP ProLiant G5 platforms represent the first of many systems that are expected to be available in the coming weeks from global OEMs and system builders based on the Quad-Core AMD Opteron processor.

AMD Updates Its Server Roadmap

AMD has extended the life of its current server platform with the six-core "Istanbul" processor in 2009. Twelve-core "Magny-Cours" added for Socket G34 platform in 2010.