(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — A interesting lineup of motherboard and channel products is soon to form surrounding the upcoming AMD Opteron 6000 Series platform from technology company AMD (www.amd.com).
Based on the new AMD Opteron 6100 Series processor (code-named “Magny-Cours”) and the AMD SR5690 chipset, products from ASUS, MSI, Supermicro, and others will bring the world’s first 8 and 12-core x86 processors a market reality. In fact, many Opteron-based motherboards and server platforms are ready for launch in the first quarter.
“Our industry partners are ready to showcase the advantages of AMD’s new Direct Connect Architecture 2.0,” AMD server and embedded divisions vice president and general manager Patrick Patla said in a statement. “The additional performance enabled with more cores, more memory channels and more features is a value their customers are eager to put to work.”
The ASUS KGPE-D16 is based on the AMD SR5690/SP5100 chipset, and uses the AMD Opteron 6100 Series processors for efficient performance capable of handling massive real-world workloads. “The KGPE-D16 serverboard supports extreme performance typical in enterprises or institutions with high-performance computing demands and web-facing servers which reach critical processing levels when internet traffic surges,” ASUS server business unit general manager Tom Lin said in a statement. “We are pleased that the AMD Opteron 6000 Series platform provides the muscle to handle these situations.”
AMD’s system builder partners provide highly customized solutions for small and medium businesses, large enterprises and research applications. Appro, Atipa Technologies, Colfax, Directron, Microway, Nortech, penguin, Servers Direct, SGI, Silicon Mechanics, and ZT Systems are among those taking advantage of the new AMD Opteron 6000 Series platform and will be offering next generation 8- and 12-core systems in the coming weeks.
