AMD has a proud history of bringing innovations to the marketplace that benefit end-users and customers alike. From the Direct Connect architecture to focused design optimizations for energy efficiency, AMD technology ignites the next generation of desktops, notebooks, servers and game consoles.

Understanding AMD architecture is a vital process for specifying the correct server for business applications, operating systems and networking infrastructure. Within our demo centre we offer bench testing on a range of AMD chipsets.

The AMD Opteron™ processor delivers top-line performance that's bottom line efficient, with hardware innovations that tackle demanding workloads with superior speed and efficiency.

Select the Six-Core AMD Opteron™ processor (Models 2400 & 8400) for:

• Virtualization: AMD Virtualization™ (AMD-V™) technology driving near-native application performance
• Database: Performance to manage and analyze your most data intensive applications
• HPC: Varied needs by workload, memory bandwidth, and compute power and density
• Web/Cloud: Large, dense deployments that are power sensitive (HE and EE versions)

Select the Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ processor (Models 2300 & 8300) for:

• IT Infrastructure: Cost and energy efficient platform for utility virtualization, file and print, and network services
• Email: I/O and CPU power to reliably handle growing numbers of messages
• Web/Cloud: Large, dense deployments that are power sensitive (HE and EE versions)

For further information, please visit: www.amd.com