Sun and AMD: Design

Sun and AMD

Take advantage of our unique systems design approach built around the power of Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors capable of running Solaris 10 OS, Windows, Linux or VMware.


Increase Performance

  • Virtualize your systems with hardware assisted AMD Virtualization
  • Experience higher efficiency with AMD's Direct Connect Architecture
  • Upgrade seamlessly from Dual Core to Quad Core
  • Run Solaris, Linux, Windows, or VMware operating systems ion Open Petascale Computing and Storage at Supercomputing 2007

Energy Efficient

  • Lower power consumption and optimize heat dissipation with AMD PowerNow!
  • Improve performance and power management using AMD's Dual Dynamic Power Management
  • Enhance energy efficiency with AMD CoolCore Technology

Simplified Management & Serviceability

  • Integrated Lights Out Manager standard on all systems
  • System management can be done locally or remotely
  • Changeover quickly with swappable components
  • Increase system uptime with redundant components
  • Front accessible RAID-enabled hard drives

TACC Speaks on Petascale Science

The Texas Advanced Computing Center at the University of Texas has teamed with Sun to install one of the fastest systems in the world.

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