Marketing Beschreibung

Second-Generation AMD Opteron processors with direct connect architecture introduce several features including quad-core upgradeability, AMD Virtualization (AMD-V), and energy efficient DDR2 memory. In addition, second-generation AMD Opteron processors are designed to advance AMD's performance-per-watt capabilities and leverage the proven technologies.
Second-generation AMD Opteron processors with DDR2 memory extend the industry-leading performance trajectory established by first-generation AMD Opteron processors while offering a seamless upgrade path to quad-core performance and leading-edge solutions to help run your business applications.

Hauptverkaufsargumente

• Direct connect architecture
• Up to three coherent HyperTransport technology links yield up to 24.0 GB/s peak bandwidth per processor
• Integrated, on-die memory controller
• Upgrade to quad-core in the same thermal envelope
• Hardware-assisted AMD Virtualization
• Integrated memory controller is virtualization aware
• AMD PowerNow! technology with optimized power management

Produktfeatures

• Direct connect architecture
  It helps eliminate the bottlenecks inherent in front-side bus architectures. High-throughput responsiveness and scalability for your applications are designed to improve overall system efficiency.
• Integrated, on-die memory controller
  It optimizes memory performance and bandwidth per CPU. Memory bandwidth scales with the number of processors.
• Upgrade to quad-core in the same thermal envelope
  It increases computing capacity without altering datacenter infrastructure.
• Hardware-assisted AMD Virtualization
  It helps streamline virtualization deployment, improves virtualization support and helps guest x86 OSes run unmodified at industry leading execution speeds.
• Integrated memory controller is virtualization aware
  Enhances virtualization and provides efficient isolation of virtual machine memory for improved security and support of virtual users.
• AMD PowerNow! technology with optimized power management
  Aids in platform investment protection in today's demanding enterprise server environments! It puts less strain on datacenter cooling and ventilation systems.