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10/26/04
- 50% more AMD notebooks in Q4
DigiTimes in Tapei has well informed sources telling that AMD notebooks coming from various ODM are shipping like never beforer: "Other Taiwan makers, including Quanta Computer, Compal Electronics, Wistron, Mitac Technology Corporation (MTC) and Uniwill Computer, will also begin shipping AMD-based models this quarter, according to the sources.". Read the good new here
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10/26/04
- Athlon 64 Computer Shopper's best for 2004!
AMD announced today that the AMD Athlon 64 processor received "Product of the Year" honors in Computer Shopper magazine's list of "The Best in Tech 2004."  Computer Shopper placed the AMD Athlon 64 processor atop its annual roundup of outstanding technology products in the magazine's November issue which is currently available online and on newsstands. The rest of the story and cover of Computer Shopper are right here
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10/25/04
- Sempron 3000+ and socket 939 Athlon 64
Always first to get the latest AMD's offsprings Akihabara stores of Tokyo are now proudly showing an unannounced Socket A Sempron version rated 3000+ here, some Socket 939  90nm Athlon 64 3000+ (1.8GHz - L2 512KB), Athlon 64 3200+ (2.0GHz - L2 512KB) here, and the very attractive 90nm version of the Athlon 64 3500+ (2.2GHz - L2 512KB sold at 35000¥ or 327$) here
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10/25/04
- Cray XT3 massively parallel supercomputer
CRAY today reported that it has begun shipping the Cray XT3 supercomputer, an industry standard massively parallel processing (MPP) system that strongly advances the record-setting scalability and sustained application performance of the renowned Cray T3D and Cray T3E systems. U.S. list pricing for the Cray XT3 supercomputer begins at about $2 million.The Cray XT3 supercomputer's architecture delivers superior scalable application performance and value across a range of configurations from 200 to 30,000 processors, with peak performance of up to 144 teraflops. Read the rest here
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10/23/04
- Sequence tools accelerate performance by 3x
Sequence Design today announced that the company's analysis, optimization and extraction tools that have ported to the 64-bit Linux operating system running on the AMD Opteron processor demonstrated a dramatic increase in speed and capacity on ASIC, as well as COT designs.  When run on AMD Opteron processor-based systems, CoolTime (power integrity analysis), PhysicalStudio (power and signal integrity optimization) and Columbus (the industry's most accurate RLC extractor) have all displayed performance increases greater than threefold when compared to traditional RISC-based systems. It's here!
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10/23/04
- Firmware secrets revealed
A two-part fantastic article from vnunet that you must read if ever you really care about your system's component features and performance.
"Firmware updates can enhance performance and add new features to the hardware. For example, digital cameras might show additional information on the LCD or offer more preset features. Official upgrades from printer manufacturers can improve picture quality and optimise paper feeding.". Enjoy now at  Part1 & Part2
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10/22/04
- Sanmina-SCI to offer Opteron based servers
AMD today welcomed Sanmina-SCI  as a new partner in AMD's Validated Server Program (VSP). Launched in June 2003, AMD's VSP connects system builders with VSP partners to obtain validated, stable and reliable solutions built on AMD Opteron processor-based server platforms from enterprise-class servers to systems. Read here
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10/21/04
- 144-processor Cray XD-1 for Alabama
After successful testing and evaluation of a three-chassis pre-production Cray XD1 system at ASA's Alabama Supercomputer Center, ASA approved implementation of the full system. Cray recently installed a 72-processor Cray XD1 system at the Alabama Supercomputer Center in Huntsville, AL. Later this year, the system will be expanded to a full cabinet of 144 AMD Opteron processors with 634 billion calculations per second (gigaflops) of peak processing power. Read more here
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10/20/04
- LSI reached 250,000 I/O per sec with Opteron
LSI Logic announced today that the company's LSI7402XP quad port Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter (HBA) performance surpassed 250,000 I/Os per second (IOPs). On tests conducted on an AMD 4P platform using AMD Opteron processors Model 850, LSI Logic's 7402XP HBA has delivered performance benchmarks that are more than 40 percent faster than any other Fibre Channel HBA product available in the industry today. More awaits for you here
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10/19/04
- Microsoft endorses AMD's recommendation
AMD supports Microsoft's software licensing decision for their server software for multi-core processors. Microsoft server software, which is currently licensed by the number of processors in the server, will continue to be licensed in that model for server hardware that contains dual-core and multi-core processors, and will not be licensed according to the number of processor cores. Read the rest here
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10/18/04
- Journeys to Shangri-La with Mark Knopfler
Guitar superstar Mark Knopfler's latest album "Shangri-La" was recorded in high-resolution 24-bit/96kHz audio and 5.1 surround sound on a dual
AMD Opteron processor-based digital audio workstation. Basic tracks for the album were initially laid down on dual 16-track analog machines and then immediately transferred to the digital format for the remainder of the recording process. Read more here
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10/18/04
- HyperTransport 2.0 devices announced
HyperTransport Technology Consortium, the nonprofit industry organization that manages and promotes low-latency HyperTransport technology, announced today that the first wave of HyperTransport Specification 2.0 compliant devices are now available from a number of member companies. HyperTransport Specification 2.0 defines performance levels of up to 2.8 Gigatransfers/second and mapping to PCI Express. Read more here
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