At PC Expo, AMD today announced support from Zeus Technology Ltd for AMD`s upcoming eighth-generation processors.
AMD also demonstrated a 64-bit Zeus Web server application ported on a system based on the upcoming AMD Opteron processor.
The Zeus Web Server was demonstrated on a four-way AMD Opteron processor-based system using a 64-bit Linux operating system. The demonstration simulated Web pages being served to an AMD Opteron processor-based system with simulated network traffic of up to 500 concurrent users. The AMD Opteron processor is designed to help provide investment protection, running existing 32-bit applications with unsurpassed performance, and offering customers a seamless transition to 64-bit technology.
"This demonstration of Zeus` inventive Web server technologies, along with AMD`s eighth-generation processors, shows how we can provide enterprise-class Web serving capability and stability to all commercial customers, from small business to the enterprise," said Ed Ellett, vice president of marketing for AMD`s Computational Products Group.
"AMD`s upcoming eighth-generation processors will allow users to optimize 32-bit performance, and deploy 64-bit applications and systems as needed. We believe this compelling migration strategy will also enhance the migration of enterprise-class applications such as the Zeus Web server throughout the commercial market."
John Paterson, CEO of Zeus Technology, noted: "By moving to their 64-bit processor, and with the optimisation of the Zeus Web Server, AMD can offer greater performance than current x86 systems. This Zeus development can further enhance the already exceptional business benefits expected from the future processor."
Shipments of the AMD Opteron processor for servers and workstations are planned to begin in the first half of 2003. Shipments of AMD`s eighth-generation AMD Athlon processor for desktops are planned to begin in the fourth quarter of 2002.
AMD eighth-generation platform milestones
6/3/02: AMD demonstrates four-way multiprocessing server
6/3/02: AMD announces broad industry support for upcoming AMD Opteron and eighth-generation AMD Athlon platforms
5/22/02: AMD announces 3DLabs, ATI, Matrox and SiS to support upcoming AMD Opteron, AMD Athlon platforms
4/24/02: AMD announces "AMD Opteron" as brand for next-generation server and workstation processors
4/24/02: AMD announces collaboration with Microsoft to incorporate 64-bit support for the future eighth-generation AMD Athlon and AMD Opteron processors
2/26/02: First public eighth-generation processor demo debuts with 64-bit and 32-bit technology
10/15/01: AMD discloses details of next-generation PC microprocessor architecture
2/14/01: AMD announces HyperTransport technology -- Broadcom, Cisco, NVIDIA and Sun among first adopters
1/16/01: AMD and Virtutech announce high-performance simulator to help further enable 64-bit software development
8/10/00: AMD releases x86-64 architectural specification -- enables market driven migration to 64-bit computing
10/5/99: AMD announces x86-64-bit architecture and future system bus
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