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SAS Research and Development Teams Realize Performance Improvements and Cost Benefits With the AMD Opteron Processor

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Overview The SAS mission is to empower organizations around the world with superior software, solutions and services that give them THE POWER TO KNOW, providing a valued competitive weapon in business decision making. The SAS Research and Development (R&D) Build Teams created "Build Bubbles" (IT compile environments established for the exclusive use of developers creating SAS software) to help the company's developers more easily and efficiently create applications. SAS deployed AMD Opteron processor which provided excellent price/performance and energy efficiencies. The SAS Build Bubbles and supporting systems were built on a mix of HP and Sun servers and blade servers - all powered by the AMD Opteron processor.

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Publisher	Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)	File Format	PDF
Date Published	May 2007
Format	Case Studies
Topics	Processors

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Mobility: Make The Case

Welcome to the PDF version of ZDNet's Intel-sponsored Mobility special report.The main theme of the report is the May 2007 launch of Intel's 'Santa Rosa' mobile platform (officially called Centrino...

Publisher:
ZDNet UK

Activate Today!Realize ROI with IntelÂ® vPro Technology and Microsoft System Configuration Manager

Join the team from the Intel vPro Expert Center for an informative Webcast on the ROI savings and activation process for PCs with Intel® vPro™ technology and Microsoft System Configuration...

Publisher:
Intel

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portable computers

Animated Demo of vPro Systems

This animated demo shows how vPro offers security and manageability on the chip.

Publisher:
Intel

Tube Lines reaps rewards of upgrading to IntelÂ®CoreÂ™2 processor with vProÂ™technology

Tube Lines has a 30-year Public Private Partnership (PPP) contract with London Underground. It is responsible for the maintenance and upgrade of the infrastructure on the Jubilee, Northern and Piccadilly...

Publisher:
Intel

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portable computers

Video Case Study: Verizon UK

This video case study looks at how Chris Maylor, head of architecture services at Verizon UK, went about implementing vPro.

Publisher:
Intel

Dell hot on heels of AMD Athlon processor

Intel devotee Dell is rumoured to be on the verge of offering PCs based on AMD's Athlon processor. However, US news wires have claimed an analyst from Salomon Smith Barney said "Dell will use AMD as a second source to Intel," citing "serious supply...

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PDAs

IBM backs AMD's Opteron server chip

The Opteron processor.will bring PC economics to even the most expensive servers," AMD chairman Jerry Sanders said. We promise the AMD Opteron will simplify business by removing all the barriers to 64-bit computing," said Marty Seyer, senior vice...

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Servers
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Big Blue gets bigger

Mainstream x86 processors with 64-bit extensions to accommodate more memory, such as Intel's "Nocona" model of Xeon and AMD's Opteron, are catching on. About 60,000 Nocona-based servers and 52,000 Opteron servers were sold, IDC said.

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Servers
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unix,
server sales,
linux,
ibm

Intel unveils 'lean, mean, AMD-busting' Xeon

The Opteron processor has vaulted rival AMD from the hinterlands of the server market to a more than 20 per cent share, with its superior performance and power consumption. Pixar has both Opteron and Xeon processors in its server rooms, Brandeau said.

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Servers
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xeon,
intel

IBM smashes the supercomputing petaflop

Roadrunner runs on 6,948 dual-core AMD Opteron chips on IBM Model LS21 blade servers, and 12,960 Cell engines on IBM Model QS22 blade servers. Cell broadband engines, used in the Play Station 3 (PS3), work in conjunction with AMD x86 processors.

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Desktops
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supercomputer,
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Jaguar races to fastest supercomputer glory with AMD's juice

AMD's six-core Opteron processor helps the Cray XT5 to the top of the pile AMD processors power the top three fatest supercomputers in the world, according to a new list published late last week. Photo credit: AMD)

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