Close
  • Latest News
  • Cybersecurity
  • Big Data and Analytics
  • Cloud
  • Mobile
  • Networking
  • Storage
  • Applications
  • IT Management
  • Small Business
  • Development
  • Database
  • Servers
  • Android
  • Apple
  • Innovation
  • Blogs
  • PC Hardware
  • Reviews
  • Search Engines
  • Virtualization
Read Down
Sign in
Close
Welcome!Log into your account
Forgot your password?
Read Down
Password recovery
Recover your password
Close
Search
Menu
Search
  • Latest News
  • Cybersecurity
  • Big Data and Analytics
  • Cloud
  • Mobile
  • Networking
  • Storage
  • Applications
  • IT Management
  • Small Business
  • Development
  • Database
  • Servers
  • Android
  • Apple
  • Innovation
  • Blogs
  • PC Hardware
  • Reviews
  • Search Engines
  • Virtualization
More
    Home Latest News
    • Networking

    64-Bit Demand Leads to New AMD Fab

    By
    Jeff Burt
    -
    November 20, 2003
    Share
    Facebook
    Twitter
    Linkedin

      Advanced Micro Devices Inc., fresh off of its announcement earlier this week that it had entered an alliance with Sun Microsystems Inc., said this morning that it had broken ground on a new 300-mm manufacturing facility in Dresden, Germany.

      Fab 36, which will begin volume production in 2006 and will employ about 1,000 people, is the result of demand for AMDs 64-bit processors, Opteron and Athlon64, according to CEO Hector Ruiz.

      “Positive customer response and increasing momentum for our AMD64 processors make it clear that the time is right to expand our manufacturing capacity in order to effectively meet future demand,” Ruiz said in a prepared statement. “Our aggressive push into the enterprise computing market continues to gain traction, as evidenced by Suns recent adoption of the AMD Opteron processor and the growing success of server and workstation solutions from IBM, Fujitsu Siemens and others.”

      At Comdex in Las Vegas, Sun and AMD announced a partnership in which Sun, starting early next year, will roll out a line of low-end Sun Fire servers powered by Opteron. The alliance will add fuel to Suns push into the low-end x86 space and give AMD, of Sunnyvale, Calif., a second major OEM partner to adopt Opteron. IBM earlier this year unveiled the eServer 325, an Opteron-based system aimed at the high-performance computing space. AMD is hoping Opteron will enable it to chip away at Intel Corp.s dominance in the enterprise server space.

      In addition, the two companies will work together to expand the number of systems based on the chip, including servers holding more than four processors. Currently, customers can run Solaris on Opteron in 32-bit mode; 64-bit Solaris for Opteron will be available in the second half of 2004. The two companies also will create an iForce Partner Program for software vendors and developers who are writing or porting applications to Solaris. The program will include a developer resource kit.

      Sun, of Santa Clara, Calif., will use Opteron in a line of low-cost two- and four-way Sun Fire servers that will begin shipping in early 2004.

      Discuss This in the eWEEK Forum

      Avatar
      Jeff Burt
      Jeffrey Burt has been with eWEEK since 2000, covering an array of areas that includes servers, networking, PCs, processors, converged infrastructure, unified communications and the Internet of things.

      MOST POPULAR ARTICLES

      Android

      Samsung Galaxy XCover Pro: Durability for Tough...

      Chris Preimesberger - December 5, 2020 0
      Have you ever dropped your phone, winced and felt the pain as it hit the sidewalk? Either the screen splintered like a windshield being...
      Read more
      Cloud

      Why Data Security Will Face Even Harsher...

      Chris Preimesberger - December 1, 2020 0
      Who would know more about details of the hacking process than an actual former career hacker? And who wants to understand all they can...
      Read more
      Cybersecurity

      How Veritas Is Shining a Light Into...

      eWEEK EDITORS - September 25, 2020 0
      Protecting data has always been one of the most important tasks in all of IT, yet as more companies become data companies at the...
      Read more
      Big Data and Analytics

      How NVIDIA A100 Station Brings Data Center...

      Zeus Kerravala - November 18, 2020 0
      There’s little debate that graphics processor unit manufacturer NVIDIA is the de facto standard when it comes to providing silicon to power machine learning...
      Read more
      Apple

      Why iPhone 12 Pro Makes Sense for...

      Wayne Rash - November 26, 2020 0
      If you’ve been watching the Apple commercials for the past three weeks, you already know what the company thinks will happen if you buy...
      Read more
      eWeek


      Contact Us | About | Sitemap

      Facebook
      Linkedin
      RSS
      Twitter
      Youtube

      Property of TechnologyAdvice.
      Terms of Service | Privacy Notice | Advertise | California - Do Not Sell My Information

      © 2021 TechnologyAdvice. All Rights Reserved

      Advertiser Disclosure: Some of the products that appear on this site are from companies from which TechnologyAdvice receives compensation. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site including, for example, the order in which they appear. TechnologyAdvice does not include all companies or all types of products available in the marketplace.

      ×