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AMD Introduces the World's Most Advanced x86 Processor, Designed for the Demanding Datacenter


    AMD (NYSE: AMD) today introduced the Quad-Core AMD Opteron(TM)
    processor, the world's most advanced x86 processor ever designed and
    manufactured and the first native x86 quad-core microprocessor.
    Designed from inception for the most demanding datacenters, Quad-Core
    AMD Opteron processor-based servers from global OEMs and system
    builders can deliver breakthrough capabilities to customers in a time
    of dramatically escalating performance-per-watt emphasis.

    Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors with AMD's revolutionary Direct
    Connect Architecture introduce innovations that go beyond four x86
    processing cores on a single die of silicon. Critical considerations
    for today's most challenging business requirements inspired Quad-Core
    AMD Opteron processor innovations: energy efficiency with a 50 percent
    increase in integer and floating-point performance,(1) enhanced
    virtualization performance, and investment protection via a
    customer-centric approach enabling non-disruptive transitions from
    dual- to quad-core within the same power and thermal envelopes to help
    keep infrastructure costs down.

    "Today marks one of the great milestones in microprocessor
    achievement as AMD again raises expectations for industry-standard
    computing," said Hector Ruiz, chairman and chief executive officer,
    AMD. "We've worked closely with our customers and partners to design
    a new generation of processing solutions embodied by today's Quad-Core
    AMD Opteron processor - a four-way winner in performance, energy
    efficiency, virtualization and investment protection. Early customer
    response has been extremely positive."

    Quad-Core AMD Opteron processor-based systems from global OEM and
    system-builder partners begin shipping this month and are expected to
    increase in number through the remainder of the year. AMD Phenom(TM)
    processor solutions, which will leverage many of the same benefits of
    this innovative, next-generation architecture, are expected to be
    available for the desktop market in December. Due in part to the
    industry's most stable x86 server platform, more than 50 socket
    compatible Quad-Core AMD Opteron processor-ready system choices are on
    the market today from tier one OEMs, all of whom are publicly
    supporting today's introduction.

    "Today more customers choose ProLiant for their AMD
    processor-based server blades than any other vendor by a factor
    of more than 2 to 1. HP offers customers a broad portfolio built on
    innovative designs to address customer needs in the areas of power,
    virtualization and cost," said Paul Miller, vice president, marketing,
    enterprise storage and servers, HP. "With today's launch of Quad-Core
    AMD Opteron processors, we can help customers bring new levels of
    efficiency to their infrastructure as we broaden our AMD Opteron
    processor-based family of servers."

    "Sun is thrilled about the introduction of Quad-Core AMD Opteron
    processors. Incorporating Sun's innovative design principles that
    enable stunning scalability and industry-leading performance-per-watt,
    our upcoming Quad-Core AMD Opteron processor-based servers and
    workstations will only accelerate the momentum Sun is experiencing in
    its x64 business," said John Fowler, executive vice president of Sun
    Microsystems' Systems Group. "With so much pent-up demand for the
    scalability of native quad-core processing, Sun believes there will be
    rapid, widespread adoption of Quad-Core AMD Opteron processor-based
    systems. We applaud AMD for yet another technological breakthrough,
    and are excited to continue to grow our alliance."

    "Dell and AMD share a commitment to delivering industry-leading
    performance, performance-per-watt, and the most energy-efficient
    product designs to help our customers focus on driving their business
    forward," said Brad Anderson, senior vice president, Dell Product
    Group. "Dell's ability to seamlessly deliver the benefits of AMD's
    Dual Dynamic Power Management technology means our customers can get
    more today and for future growth in the AMD processor-powered Dell
    PowerEdge 2970 and Energy Smart 2970."

    "IBM was the first global OEM to support AMD Opteron processors in
    2003. Today our relationship is delivering powerful and
    energy-efficient business performance computing solutions" said James
    Gargan, vice president, Brand Management System x & BladeCenter, IBM.
    "Our x86 systems feature IBM's X-Architecture innovation, such as
    Xcelerated Memory Technology, to help optimize Quad-Core AMD Opteron
    processor capabilities for peak system performance. We look forward to
    bringing new products to market with AMD later this year to help
    strengthen IBM's position as the world's top server vendor(2)."

    Systems based on Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors are also being
    announced today by a host of other manufacturers, including Appro,
    Egenera, Gateway, Rackable Systems, Supermicro and Verari.

    Additionally, AMD is providing the channel with a tremendous
    opportunity to be able to offer their customers Quad-Core AMD Opteron
    processor-based solutions very soon after launch. AMD Validated Server
    Program platforms are available today through distribution, empowering
    channel partners with the opportunity to be early to market with
    solutions.

    AMD introduces Average CPU Power (ACP)

    AMD also today introduced the Average CPU Power (ACP) metric,
    which represents processor power usage, including cores, integrated
    memory controller, and HyperTransport(TM) technology links, while
    running a suite of typical and relevant commercially useful high
    utilization workloads to be more indicative of the power consumption
    that end-users can expect. ACP is a useful metric for data center
    operators when estimating power budgets to size their datacenters. AMD
    will continue to provide thermal design power (TDP) specifications to
    platform designers in AMD power and thermal datasheets.

    AMD is introducing Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors today at the
    55- and 75-watt ACP. For system designers, AMD will continue to state
    its TDP specifications.

    New Standard in Energy Efficiency

    As datacenters in the U.S. face the potential of doubling their
    energy consumption by 2011(3) , new Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors
    introduce the world's most energy-efficient x86 architecture,
    bolstered by a variety of new power-saving technologies, including:

    -- AMD CoolCore(TM) Technology, for reducing energy consumption
    by turning off unused parts of the processor;

    -- Independent Dynamic Core Technology, an enhancement to AMD
    PowerNow!(TM) technology, allowing each core to vary its clock
    frequency depending on the specific performance requirement of
    the applications it is supporting; and

    -- Dual Dynamic Power Management (DDPM), which provides an
    independent power supply to the cores and to the memory
    controller, allowing the cores and memory controllers to
    operate on different voltages, determined by usage. DDPM is
    available in most Quad-Core AMD Opteron processor-based
    platforms being introduced today.

    "Microsoft and AMD are working together to drive innovation,
    performance and energy efficiency across the datacenters and
    development environments," said Bill Laing, general manager of Windows
    Server Division at Microsoft Corp. "With 64-bit multi-core technology,
    Direct Connect Architecture and built-in virtualization, AMD Opteron
    processors continue to provide Microsoft Windows customers with an
    innovative platform. Looking ahead, we believe Windows Server 2008,
    SQL Server 2008 and Visual Studio 2008 running with Quad-Core AMD
    Opteron processors will provide a compelling development and
    deployment platform to drive customers' dynamic IT environments."

    Optimal Virtualization Performance

    Datacenters depend on virtualization software as an essential tool
    to consolidate server workloads, operate more securely, and enable
    disaster recovery. Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors with Direct
    Connect Architecture excel in virtualized environments because of the
    integrated memory controller(4) for reduced memory latency, and Rapid
    Virtualization Indexing, a new AMD innovation in AMD
    Virtualization(TM) technology designed to reduce the overhead
    associated with software virtualization. Rapid Virtualization Indexing
    takes functionality that was previously performed in software and
    greatly accelerates it by performing those functions within the CPU to
    help enable near-real time application performance.

    Investment Protection

    Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors maintain compatibility with the
    socket and thermal envelopes of Second-Generation AMD Opteron
    processors to enable a seamless customer upgrade path. AMD's common
    core strategy empowers customers to scale with one AMD architecture to
    reduce platform management complexity and increase datacenter uptime
    and productivity.

    Outstanding Performance

    Continuing the legacy of the AMD Opteron processor family,
    Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors introduce several new ground-breaking
    technologies enabling impressive results across a suite of benchmarks.
    Within comparable thermal bands, Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors
    outperform the competition on several industry-standard benchmarks
    including: SPECfp(R)_rate2006, SPEC(R)int_2006, SPECompM(R)2001Base,
    STREAM, Fluent and LS-DYNA. For more details on the performance of
    Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors, please visit
    http://www.amd.com/opteronperformance.

    Visit AMD on the Web

    For more information on the Quad-Core AMD Opteron processor
    including FAQs, development tools, online press kits and other general
    information, please visit http://multicore.amd.com. Quad-Core AMD
    Opteron processor pricing can be found at http://www.amd.com/pricing.

    About AMD

    Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD) is a leading global provider of
    innovative processing solutions in the computing, graphics and
    consumer electronics markets. AMD is dedicated to driving open
    innovation, choice and industry growth by delivering superior
    customer-centric solutions that empower consumers and businesses
    worldwide. For more information, visit www.amd.com.

    Cautionary Statement

    This release contains forward-looking statements concerning, among
    other things, future and planned products, technologies,
    specifications, features, performance and introductions schedules, and
    availability and number of Quad-Core AMD Opteron processor-based
    systems, which are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the
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    and expectations, speak only as of the date of this release, and
    involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to
    differ materially from the company's current expectations. Risks
    include the possibility that Intel Corporation's pricing, marketing
    and rebating programs, product bundling, standard setting, new product
    introductions or other activities targeting AMD's business will
    prevent attainment of AMD's current plans; AMD will require additional
    funding and may not be able to raise funds on favorable terms or at
    all; customers stop buying AMD's products or materially reduce their
    operations or demand for its products; AMD will be unable to develop,
    launch and ramp new products and technologies in the volumes and mix
    required by the market and at mature yields on a timely basis; global
    business and economic conditions will worsen; AMD will be unable to
    transition to advanced manufacturing process technologies in a timely
    and effective way; and AMD will be unable to maintain the requisite
    level of investment in research and development and capacity,
    investors are urged to review in detail the risks and uncertainties in
    AMD's Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including but not
    limited to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
    June 30, 2007.

    AMD, the AMD Arrow logo, AMD Opteron, and combinations thereof,
    AMD PowerNow, AMD Virtualization and AMD CoolCore are trademarks of
    Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. SPEC, SPECfp, SPECint and SPECompM are
    registered trademarks of the Standard Performance Evaluation
    Corporation. HyperTransport is a licensed trademark of the
    HyperTransport Technology Consortium. Other names are for
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    owners.

    Industry Support

    Absoft

    "The new Quad-Core AMD Opteron(TM) processor is exciting for our
    customers because it is the first native quad-core solution on a
    single piece of silicon. Further, the improved I/O, core and cache
    enhancements allow higher performance while consuming less energy.
    This is exactly what Absoft Fortran customers want for their HPC
    clusters and high performance workstations. Absoft has been working
    with AMD to develop new AMD specific optimizations for its latest
    Absoft Fortran compilers. These newest optimizations show significant
    speed increases in several areas and will be available to our
    customers soon. Absoft is committed to further expanding our
    relationship with AMD and to continue providing our customers with the
    highest performance available on AMD based computing systems." -Wood
    Lotz, President, Absoft Corporation

    Advanced Clustering Technologies

    "We're very excited to see new technology entering the market that
    fills the gap for many of our clients who require faster clock speeds
    as well as high memory bandwidth. This advancement offered by AMD will
    take many of those clients to the next level not only with regards to
    density, but with overall cluster efficiency." -Shelly (Matthews)
    Kelley, Vice President of Sales, Advanced Clustering Technologies

    Angstrom Microsystems

    "Angstrom's compute hungry customers are looking forward to
    deploying the Quad-Core AMD Opteron(TM) processor. With our
    patent-pending cooling technology, Angstrom offers 832 cores per rack,
    setting the mark for high density liquid cooled AMD server solutions."
    -Lalit Jain, CEO, Angstrom Microsystems

    ANSYS, Inc.

    "We are very excited by the performance of our simulation and
    modeling software on the new Quad-Core AMD Opteron(TM) processor.
    Innovation based on simulation is a fundamental part of the product
    design and development process, and our customers require optimized
    performance on state-of-the-art microprocessor technologies. Our
    collaboration with AMD allows us to fulfill those expectations, as the
    performance metrics we've achieve clearly demonstrate." -Jim Cashman,
    President and CEO, ANYSYS, Inc.

    Appro

    "Appro XtremeServers and workstations powered by AMD Opteron(TM)
    processors represent a value proposition based on improved performance
    and memory availability for traditional high-performance computing
    (HPC) and commercial applications, while adding reliability and
    flexibility for our end-users with peak performance and outstanding
    value. Quad-Core AMD Opteron(TM) processors improve our server's value
    proposition through an enhanced cache structure designed to boost
    performance and increase data and efficiency handling, thereby
    reducing the latency of accessing main memory, especially for
    compute-intensive multi-threaded applications. In addition, the
    architecture drastically improves the memory and I/O latency for HPC
    customers that are using 64-bit applications, and it helps 32-bit
    applications run faster as well. In the end, the importance of AMD's
    native multi-core architecture is vital for computational-intensive
    business productivity." -John Lee, Vice President of Advanced
    Technology Solutions Group, Appro

    Arima

    "AMD's native quad-core architecture truly helps maximize the
    price-performance equation. Arima develops server motherboard and
    barebone products based on Quad-Core AMD Opteron(TM) processors
    because of our confidence in the substantial benefit to our customers
    through improved computation performance, bandwidth and
    performance-per-watt." -LC Tsai, President, Server Business Unit,
    Arima

    ASA Computers, Inc.

    "Selecting the right hardware and software is complex; the wrong
    choice can be quite expensive. That is why our customers come to us
    for help in choosing the right components for their web, mail, storage
    or general purpose servers. It's comforting to know that the
    innovative engineering of ASA Computers matched with the exceptional
    performance-per-watt and computing capabilities of Quad-Core AMD
    Opteron(TM) processors can deliver scalable solutions for our
    customers now and in the future." -Arvind Bhargava, CEO, ASA
    Computers, Inc.

    ASUS

    "The Quad-Core AMD Opteron(TM) processor offers significantly
    improved performance and scalability, as well as performance-per-watt.
    We are confident of taking full advantage of these benefits and
    providing high performance server products to our customers with the
    new platform and dedicated ASUS solution." -Jerry Shen, Vice
    President, ASUS

    Atipa Technologies

    "The convergence of server technology and processor performance
    will add up to enormous opportunities for business in health care in
    the remote areas, as well as data interchange and virtual education
    across a wide range of industries. Information services are another
    area that can heavily leverage the superior performance of Quad-Core
    AMD Opteron(TM) processors. Federal, state and local governments are
    in desperate need of centralizing the control of a balanced and
    efficient information database. This will enable them to better
    embrace social concerns and problem-solving law enforcement and
    finally build a world-class information network." -Dana Chang, Vice
    President, Atipa Technologies

    Avnet

    "During Avnet's 35-year distribution relationship with AMD, we
    have helped our channel partners be among the first to market with
    innovative AMD-based solutions. Avnet is collaborating with global and
    regional original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), systems builder and
    value-added reseller (VAR) channel partners to prepare them for
    developing complete solutions based on the new Quad-Core AMD
    Opteron(TM) processor. We are excited about the market potential
    for the new processors, and are aligning Avnet's sales and marketing
    efforts with AMD's to drive growth for channel partners in every
    region." -George Condon, Senior Vice President, Avnet Embedded
    Solutions, Avnet Technology Solutions

    Broadcom

    "We are pleased that AMD is launching its industry-defining native
    quad-core microprocessors, Quad-Core AMD Opteron(TM) processors.
    Working seamlessly with Broadcom's industry-leading server I/O
    chipsets, including the HT-2100 that leverages AMD's Direct Connect
    Architecture for design flexibility, Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors
    continue AMD's tradition of energy efficiency, performance and
    virtualization leadership." -Sean Conlon, General Manager, Chipset and
    Storage Infrastructure Line of Business, Broadcom

    Citrix

    "The new Quad-Core AMD Opteron(TM) processor will further enable
    our customers to take full advantage of the high scalability - up to
    500 users per server in our x64 edition - offered by Citrix
    Presentation Server. The Quad-Core AMD Opteron(TM) processor will
    provide increased server scalability and performance benefits so
    customers can easily expand their application delivery infrastructure
    to deliver more business applications to more users, while providing
    greater security and business flexibility at much lower cost. The
    savings in space, cooling and power make it a solid investment."
    -Scott Herren, Group Vice President and General Manager,
    Virtualization Systems Group, Citrix Systems

    Colfax International

    "Our commitment to support AMD Opteron(TM) processors allows us to
    deliver innovative solutions that also meet our customers' increasing
    demands for energy-efficient computing and investment protection. Our
    latest collaboration with AMD has combined Colfax International's
    high-performing solutions with the benefits of the industry's first
    native x86 quad-core processor. Together with AMD, we are focused on
    providing innovative technologies that matter most to our customers."
    -Mike Fay, Vice President, Colfax International

    Cray Inc.

    "Our customers are already achieving breakthrough results with the
    Cray XT4 system and quad-core technology will allow them to solve more
    complex problems faster, doing more accurate simulations. The Cray XT4
    system was designed with quad-core performance in mind, and we have
    seen early examples of excellent scalability and sustained performance
    with Quad-Core AMD Opteron(TM) processors and our advanced Cray
    SeaStar(TM) interconnect network. Quad-core will give new customers a
    big boost in performance and a substantial total cost of ownership
    win. It will do the same for our current customers at a low
    incremental cost, extending the useful life of their existing Cray
    XT3TM and XT4 systems." -Peter Ungaro, President and CEO, Cray

    Egenera

    "The combination of AMD's unique Direct Connect Architecture with
    Egenera's data center virtualization can deliver first-class
    performance and memory capabilities for significant advantages in
    application performance. AMD's native Quad-Core AMD Opteron(TM)
    processors place all four cores on a single piece of silicon so data
    can move between cores at full speed for more efficient data sharing,
    which we believe will help improve performance on memory-intensive
    applications in virtualized environments. We're pleased to further
    strengthen our collaboration with AMD to meet the requirements of our
    enterprise customers by continuing to deliver highly available, cost
    effective and scalable solutions." -Susan Davis, Vice President,
    Egenera

    Fujitsu Siemens Computers

    "In developing the Quad-Core AMD Opteron(TM) 2300 Series
    processors, AMD has demonstrated forward thinking, not only about the
    upgrade path to simply introduce the latest and greatest processor to
    help enable servers to run faster, but the new processors are also
    innovative in their approach to energy efficiency and virtualization
    capabilities. Overall, the Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors ensure
    that Fujitsu Siemens Computers PRIMERY RX330 servers are heavyweight
    performers for compute-intensive database and virtualization
    applications in the data center today - and tomorrow." -Jens-Peter
    Seick, Senior Vice President Enterprise Business, Fujitsu Siemens
    Computers

    Gateway

    "Our customers have been extremely pleased with our previous AMD
    Opteron(TM) processor-based servers. Once again, AMD is bringing
    leading-edge technology with significant benefits to our servers and,
    ultimately, our customers." -Tim Diefenthaler, Senior Director,
    Professional Product Management, Gateway

    GIGABYTE

    "The Quad-Core AMD Opteron(TM) processor enhances existing
    performance-per-watt capabilities with innovative power management
    capabilities, and helps increase performance and efficiency of x86
    virtualization solutions with enhanced AMD Virtualization(TM)
    technology. GIGABYTE is happy to collaborate with AMD to offer server
    solutions powered by the Quad-Core AMD Opteron processor, which will
    help satisfy our customers' need for high performance processing and
    low power consumption." -Etay Lee, General Manager of Network and
    Communication Business Unit, GIGABYTE

    HPC Systems, Inc.

    "With customer-centric enhancements like Dual Dynamic Power
    Management(TM) and AMD CoolCore(TM) technology, as well as core and
    cache enhancements and a native multi-core architecture, Quad-Core AMD
    Opteron(TM) processors help better address our customers' need for
    high levels of performance in the same footprint. We primarily serve
    the scientific computing and research community working on complex
    problems. The enhancements in the new native Quad-Core AMD Opteron
    processors are definitely a big step forward in meeting their needs -
    better performance without the need to revamp their full data center
    infrastructure like power and cooling. Better performance, out of the
    box. We are also very excited with the new standards in
    performance-per-watt capabilities." -Kalyana Chadalavada, Director of
    Systems Architecture, HPC Systems, Inc.

    Inventec Enterprise System Corp.

    "We are extremely excited to support the launch of the Quad-Core
    AMD Opteron(TM) processor. We strive to build solutions based on
    leading innovative and reliable technology, and by adding AMD's native
    quad-core processor into our portfolio of offerings, we are able to
    significantly broaden the choices available to our customers." -N.J.
    Lee, Sr. VP of Inventec Enterprise System Corp.

    Microway, Inc.

    "The AMD Opteron(TM) processor is built from the ground up to
    directly address the demands of the HPC market. Critical features of
    the processor, like its integrated memory controller and
    HyperTransport(TM) technology, provide it with a clear advantage over
    the front side bus-based architecture that has dominated the x86 space
    for many years. AMD's latest innovation, a native quad-core design
    with 4 cores on a single die, enables programs that are not
    memory-bound to take full advantage of the additional processing
    power. Programs that can dramatically improve in speed include
    floating point intensive computations, like FFTs, which have high data
    re-use rates; SMP applications that make frequent calls, including
    transaction-based business applications; and programs that depend on
    byte code interpreters like JAVA to carry the work load. Quad-Core AMD
    Opteron(TM) processors will change the face of high performance
    computing." -Stephen Fried, President and CTO, Microway, Inc.

    MSI

    "MSI is proud to maintain its strong relationship with AMD by
    supporting the Quad-Core AMD Opteron(TM) processor launch with a
    series of new motherboards targeted for the server market. The
    Quad-Core AMD Opteron processor is designed to offer better
    performance in the same thermal envelopes as the current generation of
    AMD Opteron processors. The new server motherboards provide high
    performance, high stability and an increase in overall product
    efficiency. MSI continues to drive technology leadership by supporting
    the first native quad-core processor architecture in the x86-based
    computing market." -Norman Tsai, Vice President of Enterprise Platform
    Product Sales Division, MSI

    Novell

    "The strengths of the Quad-Core AMD Opteron(TM) processor mesh
    very well with the capabilities of SUSE Linux Enterprise as Novell and
    AMD continue to provide customers with innovative solutions at the
    front of the market. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 is the first
    production-level operating system to support the enhanced
    virtualization feature of the Quad-Core AMD Opteron(TM) processor,
    known as Rapid Virtualization Indexing, as we are again one of the
    first Linux vendors to embrace the newest technologies offered by
    AMD." -Roger Levy, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Open
    Platform Solutions, Novell

    NVIDIA

    "We are proud to support the release of AMD's Quad-Core AMD
    Opteron(TM) processors, a breakthrough native quad-core architecture
    that continues AMD's tradition of energy efficiency and performance.
    Quad-Core AMD Opteron(TM) processors combined with NVIDIA nForce
    Professional 3000-family MCP products will deliver exceptional
    performance and stability for the most demanding server and
    workstation applications." -Manoj Gujral, General Manager,
    Professional MCP Business, NVIDIA

    Oracle

    "Our customers look to Oracle and AMD for technology solutions
    that lower their total cost of ownership. Based on everything we've
    seen, the new Quad-Core AMD Opteron(TM) processor will play a major
    role in helping customers achieve their objective of lowering TCO."
    -Charles Phillips, President, Oracle Corporation

    PathScale

    "Over the past four years, AMD and PathScale have collaborated
    around several common strengths; 64-bit multi-core scalability,
    outstanding memory bandwidth utilization and optimal settings for a
    growing array of leading-edge AMD specific architectural features. The
    PathScale Compiler Suite provides software developers with excellent
    performance on AMD processors and reduced development time due to
    outstanding GNU compatibility. In this way, we help our system
    partners and developers with real-world code to realize the enormous
    potential in this newest Quad-Core AMD Opteron(TM) processor." -Duncan
    Poole, Director of Product Marketing, PathScale

    PSSC Labs

    "PSSC Labs is pleased to incorporate Quad-Core AMD Opteron(TM)
    processors in all of our product lines including our PowerWulf
    Clusters, servers and workstations. AMD's new native quad-core
    processor offers a tremendous amount of computing power in a very
    small foot print." -Alex Lesser, Vice President, PSSC Labs

    Rackable Systems

    "As one of the world's leading providers of AMD processor-based
    server solutions, Rackable Systems is pleased to offer this next
    generation of AMD64 technology to our customers. Our award-winning,
    build-to-order AMD Opteron(TM) processor-based servers enable us to
    optimize system performance, expand compute density and offer
    industry-leading performance per watt to our customers at exceptional
    prices." -Mark J. Barrenechea, President and Chief Executive Officer,
    Rackable Systems

    Rackspace Managed Hosting

    "We've found that AMD Opteron(TM) processors are an incredibly
    reliable platform for customers with multi-threaded applications or
    heavy database usage. Quad-Core AMD Opteron(TM) processors coincide
    directly with our GreenSpace initiative of lowering power consumption,
    which in turn delivers great cost benefits to us that we can
    ultimately pass on to customers. It is apparent that the processor was
    designed with virtualization in mind, delivering near native
    performance on virtualized applications and greatly improving
    virtualized application performance by allowing virtual machines to
    manage memory more efficiently." -Nicolas Keller, Director of Platform
    Products, Rackspace Managed Hosting

    Red Hat

    "Customers running Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Platform with
    the included Red Hat Integrated Virtualization for their server
    environments will greatly benefit from the new Quad-Core AMD
    Opteron(TM) processors with AMD Virtualization technology. Our testing
    has demonstrated performance improvements of up to 4 times over
    earlier virtualized systems due to the benefits of AMD
    VirtualizationTM with Rapid Virtualization Indexing and optimized
    drivers. It is clear that now is the time to update your server farms
    to the latest quad-core AMD based systems running the latest Red Hat
    Enterprise Linux software." -Scott Crenshaw, Vice President of Red Hat
    Enterprise Linux Line of Business, Red Hat

    Silicon Mechanics

    "With enhanced performance and innovative power management
    capabilities such as AMD's Dual Dynamic Power Management(TM), our
    customers are eager to realize the benefits of our solutions powered
    by AMD's first native quad-core processor. Since Quad-Core AMD
    Opteron(TM) processors operate within the same power and thermal
    envelopes as dual-core AMD Opteron processors, customers can benefit
    from quad-core technology without compromising power consumption. It's
    an exciting upgrade that can increase capabilities without altering
    datacenter infrastructure." -Dave Bryan, President, Silicon Mechanics

    Sun Microsystems

    "Sun has a long history of providing solutions that define
    innovation. The free and open Solaris 10 Operating System is
    leveraging more than 20 years of SMP expertise - with 64-bit computing
    since 1998 - and will offer exceptional computing performance,
    security and virtualization capabilities on AMD Opteron(TM)
    processor-based systems ranging from single cores to 32-cores and
    beyond." -Marc Hamilton, Vice President of Solaris Marketing, Sun
    Microsystems

    Supermicro

    "Our quad-core A+ solutions deliver great value to customers in
    all segments of the server and workstation marketplace. With a
    comprehensive selection of high-quality Server Building Block
    Solutions to choose from, Supermicro offers truly
    application-optimized Quad-Core AMD Opteron(TM) processor-based
    platforms. The leading system-level power efficiency of our
    cutting-edge server designs enables us to offer earth-friendly
    solutions with exceptional performance-per-watt capabilities that
    empower customers to grow, adapt and scale as their business demands
    evolve." -Alex Hsu, Chief Sales and Marketing Officer, Supermicro

    SWsoft

    "The combination of AMD's powerful, energy-efficient Quad-Core AMD
    Opteron(TM) processors with the superior density and easy
    manageability of our Virtuozzo operating system server virtualization
    software is a true 'green IT' solution. As a solution that enables
    dozens to hundreds of containers to immediately and automatically
    leverage AMD's native quad-core hardware, Virtuozzo enables
    exceptional datacenter efficiency from administrative, ROI, and
    energy-consumption perspectives. We're thrilled to work with AMD to
    offer a solution in which businesses, IT managers, and the environment
    all come out winners." -Serguei Beloussov, Chief Executive Officer,
    SWsoft

    Tyan Computer

    "Since the release of the Second-Generation AMD Opteron(TM)
    processor, Tyan's Thunder, Tomcat and Transport branded products have
    realized the benefits of AMD's industry-leading AMD64 technology to
    provide server infrastructures with energy efficiency, remarkable
    performance and system virtualization. This is an exciting day for our
    customers, as they can now experience the significant increase in
    processing power and performance output, that we expect from the
    Quad-Core AMD Opteron(TM) processor, without dramatic upgrade
    requirements." -Ryan Yang, Vice President, Tyan Computer

    Uniwide Technologies

    "Uniwide Technologies is proud to announce our new platforms, the
    1512 and 1514 barebone series. These 1U, 1P solutions will be powered
    by Quad-Core AMD Opteron(TM) 2300 Series processors. Uniwide
    Technologies is mainly a provider of 2P and 4P enterprise solutions,
    and this is the first time we have developed a 1P solution. We truly
    believe in and support Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors with their
    superior technology, 128-bit SSE floating point capabilities per core,
    a new, 2MB high-speed L3 cache, and dynamic power management
    capabilities. Combined with our experience with 8 DIMMs per CPU
    technology, we believe our new Quad-Core AMD Opteron processor-powered
    platforms will provide high performance with low power usage to help
    keep infrastructure costs down." -Daniel Kim, CEO, Uniwide
    Technologies

    Verari Systems

    "With its unrivaled power efficiency and computing density, our
    environmentally responsible architecture and patented Vertical Cooling
    Technology(TM) has been enabling the green data center for years. The
    addition of Quad-Core AMD Opteron(TM) processors to our line-up is
    providing our customers with the ability to increase overall
    performance while optimizing energy consumption." -David B. Wright,
    Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board, Verari Systems

    Virtual Iron

    "We are pleased to support the launch of the Quad-Core AMD
    Opteron(TM) processor, including their Rapid Virtualization Indexing
    capabilities, in Virtual Iron Version 4. With its native quad-core
    architecture, simple plug-in upgrade and improved
    performance-per-watt, combined with our enterprise class capabilities
    and performance supporting the most advanced, policy-based use cases
    like HA and data center load balancing, our many joint customers will
    immediately benefit from this next generation AMD Opteron(TM)
    processor platform." -Mike Grandinetti, Chief Marketing Officer,
    Virtual Iron

    VMware

    "We see multi-core capabilities in the Quad-Core AMD OpteronTM
    processor as a perfect fit for virtualization. The Rapid
    Virtualization Indexing feature of AMD's Direct Connect Architecture
    enhances this combination by smoothing out the performance profile
    across many workloads." -Dr. Stephen Herrod, Vice President of
    Technology Development, VMware

    Western Scientific

    "We are extremely excited to leverage Quad-Core AMD Opteron(TM)
    processors in our arsenal of solutions aimed at accelerating
    innovation and driving down IT costs. Our #27110

    customers have greatly benefited from the advanced feature set and
    industry leading performance-per-watt of AMD64 technology, and we
    believe Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors usher in a new level of
    high-performing, energy-efficient computing." -Doug Johnson, Vice
    President, Western Scientific

    XenSource

    "The Quad-Core AMD Opteron(TM) processor is ideally suited to
    virtualization workloads. We believe that AMD's Rapid Virtualization
    Indexing technology will help to reduce the remaining overhead of
    virtualization, and are pleased to offer support for this technology
    in XenEnterprise v4, XenSource's flagship virtualization platform,
    shipping today to customers worldwide." -Simon Crosby, Chief
    Technology Officer, XenSource

    ZT Systems

    "ZT Systems is pleased to collaborate with AMD on the launch of
    this groundbreaking new native quad-core server technology. Quad-Core
    AMD Opteron(TM) processors provide a leading-edge solution that
    further expands our server offering and capabilities for providing
    ultra high-density, energy-efficient solutions. Our data center
    customers will be able to benefit from the highest level of
    performance-per-watt within our cost effective, custom solutions. As
    an AMD Platinum Solution Provider, we see native quad-core solutions
    as a large part of our expansive growth into the x86 server market."
    -Rick Garian, Vice President of Business Development and Strategy, ZT
    Systems

    (1) The comparison presented above is based on SPECint_rate2006
    and SPECfp_rate2006 tests of the Dual-Core AMD Opteron processor Model
    2222 against results for the Quad-Core AMD Opteron processor Model
    2350 under submission to SPEC as of Sep 6, 2007. For the latest
    results, visit http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/results/. SPEC and the
    benchmark names SPECint and SPECfp are registered trademarks of the
    Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation. Competitive benchmark
    results stated above reflect results published on www.spec.org as of
    Sep 6, 2007.

    (2) Based on Q207 IDC worldwide server tracker results

    (3) EPA report to Congress on Server and Data Center Energy
    Efficiency - Aug 2, 2007 -
    http://www.energystar.gov/ia/partners/prod_development/downloads/EPA_
    Datacenter_Report_Congress_Final1.pdf (Due to the length of this
    URL it may need to be copied and pasted into your browser).

    (4) An AMD innovation first introduced to x86 processors with the
    AMD Opteron processor in April 2003.