Treffer: Dual-core chip spurs rollouts.

Title:
Dual-core chip spurs rollouts.
Authors:
Burt, Jeffrey
Source:
eWeek. 6/27/2005, Vol. 22 Issue 26, p22-22. 3/5p. 1 Color Photograph.
Subject Terms:
*COMPUTER systems, *COMPUTER industry, *MICROCOMPUTER workstations (Computers), AMD microprocessors
Company/Entity:
SUN Microsystems Inc. SUNW, HEWLETT-Packard Co. 009122532 HPQ, ADVANCED Micro Devices Inc. 048634059 AMD
Database:
Business Source Premier

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The article informs that systems vendors continue to fill out their lineups of Opteron-powered systems, drawn by the dual-core capabilities of Advanced Micro Devices Inc.'s processor. At its JavaOne conference in San Francisco in late June, Sun Microsystems Inc. plans to roll out two new workstations, including one armed with an Opteron chip and bundled with the company's Java-based developer tools. For its part, Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) in June launched several new and upgraded systems powered by the dual-core processors. Second-tier systems makers also are embracing the chip. The new workstation will come bundled with Solaris 10 and Java development tools and will support a variety of operating systems, including Linux and Windows. Starz Entertainment Group LLC (SEG) , in Englewood, Colorado, is using an HP system running dual-core Opterons to reformat video files. The systems also will enable SEG to consolidate servers because the dual-core capabilities make it feasible to perform the file formatting jobs through software rather than dedicated hardware.