AMD發佈x86四核心方案

AMD Announces Broad Software Ecosystem Support forIndustry’s First x86 Native Quad-Core Solution

Operating System andVMware Infrastructure are expected to offer versions of their industry-leadingoperating systems and virtual infrastructures that work out-of-the-box with“Barcelona,” the industry’s first native x86 quad-core processors, providingimproved performance across a range of applications. “Barcelona’s”enhancements, which will offer increased application performance within thesame platform and power envelope as existing dual-core processors, includenative quad-core capabilities, Enhanced AMD PowerNow!™ technology andRapid Virtualization Indexing (formally “Nested Paging”), which is a newfeature of AMD Virtualization™ technology.

“Microsoft has worked closely with AMD to ensure that Windows Serveris optimized to take full advantage of the new processor features offered byBarcelona,” said Bill Laing, general manager of Microsoft’s Windows Serverdivision. “Windows Server 2003 R2 provides full support for the enhancedpower management capabilities of Quad-Core AMD Opteron processorstoday, and the upcoming release of Windows Server 2008 will offer additionalpower savings and increased performance when it is available.”

“SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 is the first production-leveloperating system to support Barcelona’s enhanced virtualization feature,Rapid Virtualization Indexing,” said Roger Levy, senior vice president andgeneral manager of Open Platform Solutions for Novell. “Novell continues towork hard to provide customers with innovative solutions at the front of themarket, as we are again one of the first Linux vendors to embrace newtechnology offered by AMD. We look forward to leveraging future AMDinnovations to benefit customers.”“Sun has a long history of providing solutions that define innovation,”said Marc Hamilton, vice president of Solaris Marketing, Sun Microsystems.

“The free and open Solaris 10 Operating System is leveraging more than 20years of SMP expertise - with 64-bit computing since 1998 - and will offerexceptional computing performance, security and virtualization capabilitieson AMD Opteron processor-based systems ranging from single cores to 32-cores and beyond.”In addition to the out-of-the-box compatibility with “Barcelona,”versions of vendor operating systems and virtual infrastructures currentlyunder development are expected to include additional optimizations thatspecifically enable applications to exploit AMD64 quad-core capabilities.

“Red Hat, AMD and the Open Source Software community haveworked together to ensure that Linux will fully leverage the multi-core,virtualization and power management capabilities of the Quad-Core AMDOpteron processor,” said Paul Cormier, executive vice president ofEngineering, Red Hat. “This technology partnership allows Red Hat to ensureRed Hat Enterprise Linux meets the critical business needs of our customers.”“VMware has worked closely with AMD to optimize the Quad-Core AMDOpteron processor for VMware virtualization products. Features such asRapid Virtualization Indexing are designed to enable customers using theindustry-leading VMware platform to further increase CPU utilization andprovide more efficient memory access,” said Brian Byun, vice president ofglobal partners and solutions at VMware.

“We are excited about theenhanced virtualization capabilities of AMD’s upcoming processors, includingAMD Virtualization, and their ability to improve performance on a broader setof workloads.”AMD has an established history of working closely with major ISVs andthe Open Source Software community to ensure that software applicationscan easily leverage the innovative features provided by the AMD Opteronprocessor with Direct Connect Architecture.

For the Quad-Core AMD Opteronprocessor, AMD is working closely with OS, VI, tools and infrastructure ISVsto ensure the best possible operating environment for the thousands of x86software applications.OS and VI AMD Native Quad-Core SupportOS or VI VersionPlanned availabilityNovell SUSE Linux EnterpriseServer 9 (SP4)4Q 2007Novell SUSE Linux EnterpriseServer 10 (SP1)ReleasedRed Hat Enterprise Linux 4.5 ReleasedRed Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 ReleasedSolaris 10 ReleasedWindows Server 2003 SP2, R2 ReleasedWindows XP SP2, x64 ReleasedWindows Vista ReleasedWindows Server 2008 1Q 2008VMware Infrastructure Planned