| SAS |
| "We run numerous
platforms because our applications support nine
different operating systems, but for R&D
[Research and Development] Build Systems we run on
the AMD Opteron™ processor because of its
excellent price/performance. AMD has an
outstanding CPU to memory interface for
exceptional system performance while also being
extremely energy efficient. This lets us run a
tight ship and helps ensure our applications get
to market on time and on budget." |
|
| CyberTrader |
| "Our challenge is to
stay ahead of our clients’ demands in terms of
speed, capacity and reliability. To remain
competitive, firms must be able to manage
exponentially increasing amounts of data and
deliver it to clients in the most efficient means
possible. With the AMD Opteron™ processor, we
believe we have one of the industry’s most rapid,
reliable and available systems capable of
providing real-time information and trade
execution services with the utmost reliability and
speed." |
|
| VistaPrint |
| "The cost/performance
and performance-per-watt benefits of the AMD
Opteron™ processor helped us realize massive cost
savings: in addition to not having to build a new
data center, we are seeing a marked reduction in
power and cooling bills. We are also able to more
easily and affordably scale to meet our customers’
needs. AMD’s innovations have brought such
terrific value to VistaPrint™ that I am eagerly
anticipating the company’s upcoming quad-core
options." |
|
| Allianz
Global Investors |
| "Since implementing the
AMD Opteron™ processor-based virtualization
solution, we have avoided substantial capital
expenditures, improved server roll-out time from
weeks to days, and can add new services and
applications without increasing headcount or
reducing reliability." |
|
| ProQuest
CSA |
| "The AMD Opteron™
processor allows us to conduct complex computing
with fewer and much more efficient servers,
thereby reducing power and cooling, as well as
data center space, requirements. Combine these
facts and we were able to increase our computing
capacity while saving the company a substantial
amount in IT spending. Needless to say, this is IT
making a real difference at ProQuest
CSA." |
|
| FTD,
Inc |
| "By switching to the AMD
Athlon™ 64 processor, we realized a greater total
cost of ownership savings per unit than
expected—savings we imagined only in our wildest
dreams. We can pass those savings to our
customers, making our point of sale (POS) systems
much more affordable to our florists, large and
small. And as a company, we anticipate recouping
significant revenue this year as the affordability
of the new system should increase
sales." |
|
| McDonald's
McInternet |
| "McInternet is fast
becoming synonymous with access to the World Wide
Web in the country, as it has unlocked access to
information, online services and global
communication for so many." |
|
| STMicroelectronics |
| "AMD and Sun
Microsystems always understand our objectives and
recommend appropriate solutions. The Sun Grid,
established with AMD Opteron™ processor-based Sun
Fire™ V20z servers, offers both 32- and 64-bit
computing capability and improves the throughput
for our 64-bit applications. The high I/O
bandwidth provided by this solution has also
dramatically improved our overall performance.
" |
|
| Marathon
Oil Corporation |
| "The AMD Opteron™
processor has proven to be highly complementary to
our operations," said Dr. Tom R. Evans, Senior
Technical Consultant, Seismic and System Services,
Marathon Oil Corporation. "For instance, we can
process our seismic data up to four times faster
at one-third the cost—and deal with the rapidly
increasing volume of data and the complexity of
problems to be solved. This has directly
contributed to Marathon completing successful
wells, particularly in our Oklahoma program.
" |
|
| NCsoft |
| "The AMD Opteron™
processor helped launch Lineage® II, City of
Heroes® and City of Villains® online video games
with astounding success. By supporting tens of
thousands of simultaneous users with zero server
downtime, AMD64 helped place both games among the
most popular Massively Multiplayer Online Games
(MMOG) and grow our total customer base in our
western territories to nearly six million. In
addition, AMD’s technological power is
complemented by the industry’s best
price/performance and performance-per-watt —
allowing NCsoft® to take a leadership position in
the competitive MMOG market without paying a hefty
IT ransom." |
|
| Philadelphia
Stock Exchange |
| "AMD is defying the laws
of physics. Usual rules dictate that the faster
the chip, the hotter the room and, therefore, more
electricity is needed to keep the data center
cool," said Gene Peters, director, Information
Services, Philadelphia Stock Exchange. "But with
AMD64 we are able to process nearly five times
faster while reducing both space and energy
costs." |
|
| Canadian
Football League |
| "The powerful
combination of Sun and AMD, as envisioned by
Scalar Decisions, was able to help us roll out new
interactive services to our ever-increasing fan
base. The AMD Opteron™ processor-based Sun Fire™
x64 (x86, 64-bit) servers are also ideal for our
virtualized environment, allowing us to better
manage our servers in an affordable and
energy-efficient solution," said Chris Sonnemann,
senior project manager, Canadian Football League.
"And we can rest easy knowing Scalar, with its
exceptional expertise, is managing the system so
we can focus on creating new activities for our
fans." |
|
| Susquehanna
International Group (SIG) |
| "“We execute hundreds of
thousands of trades per day — volume that could
tax a sub-par infrastructure. We use AMD Opteron™
processors and AMD Athlon™ processors because they
offer competitive advantage through price,
performance and energy efficiencies. Since
implementing AMD’s innovations, we have
experienced up to a 90 percent increase in
performance and a 40 percent reduction in energy
consumption in our servers, workstations and
desktops — all at significantly less cost than our
previous systems.”" |
|
| arvato
systems |
| "We selected AMD
Opteron™ processors primarily because of their
value and exceptional performance when running
64-bit SAP applications and their value.
Secondarily, but equally important, we chose AMD
for its ability to deliver a highly available
platform based on industry standards. We believe
that AMD’s unique Direct Connect Architecture will
allow us to introduce new services for our
customers more rapidly and cost-effectively
without sacrificing the performance of our
existing applications. " |
|
| Commerzbank
North America |
| "Although we
consolidated our servers we dramatically increased
our availability. With the AMD Opteron™ processor
and Egenera® BladeFrame™ system we reduced floor
space by 60 percent and dramatically improved
efficiency while increasing capacity three-fold.
In addition, we now have a flexible solution to
help us rapidly roll out new, in-demand services
to our customers while maintaining almost perfect
availability of our other
applications." |
|
| Blue
Cross |
| "We were basically out
of space in our data center but we still required
additional servers to help us introduce new
applications to better serve our customers and
meet ongoing compliance standards," says Jim
Slick, manager, Network Services, Blue Cross of
Northeastern Pennsylvania. "A VMware®
virtualization solution with the Dual-Core AMD
Opteron™ processor allowed us to nearly double our
server images within the same physical space,
providing the same if not better performance,
without incurring high costs or increased energy
consumption." |
|
| Layered
Technologies |
| "By being the first to
introduce new technologies like backwards
compatible x86 64-bit computing and dual-core
processors, AMD has helped us put our ‘money where
our mouth is’. And this has led to our success in
maintaining and growing our customer base," says
Michael Platner, chief executive officer, Layered
Technologies. "AMD’s innovations have been widely
embraced by our ‘tech enablers’ and therefore have
improved their businesses. As such, AMD has been
instrumental in building our brand and tripling
our business." |
|
| Data
Return |
| "The Dual-Core AMD
Opteron™ processor combines pure, enterprise-class
processing with scalable economics — an unusual
feat in today’s market. By implementing a
virtualization solution based on AMD64 technology,
we have created a highly available and flexible
environment with outstanding price/performance and
performance-per-watt gains, which has allowed us
to improve service and expand our customer
base." |
|
| WhaBAM |
| "Our motto is ‘the
searching stops here’ and for us to make that
claim we need the most powerful infrastructure
available without breaking our budget. With the
AMD Opteron™ processor, we feel confident our
customers can Search, Auction and ‘Reverse Want
Auction’: All 5x faster and at 75 percent less
cost than our previous system." |
|
| FlightAware
|
| "We track and deliver
information regarding 40 to 70 thousand flights
each day, so our infrastructure needed to be up to
the task. Additionally, we required a plan for
future growth as well as unexpected spikes in
usage. The AMD Opteron™ processor has helped
ensure we can deliver critical speed and
reliability to our customers, all at a
‘budget-friendly’ price." |
|
| Transcoding |
| "We’re seeing dramatic
growth in the number of customers choosing the AMD
Opteron processor as they recognize the
price/performance benefit of the
technology." |
|
| Singtel |
| "At the same time, in a
region known for high energy costs and scant
office space, EXPAN has to provide this
extraordinary level of performance as economically
as possible. “In the Asia Pacific region, price is
always a big issue,” says Mr. Chiam, Deputy
Director, Singtel Expan. “The challenge is to
provide customers with just the right balance of
performance, scalability, reliability, and
cost." |
|
| Massey University |
| "It was an easy decision
to go with AMD. The AMD Opteron processor gave us
a 20 to 40 percent increase in performance
compared to other processors. " |
|
| Grupo
Clarín |
| "Even when important
news or major sports events impact our readers and
drive increased traffic to our Web sites, we see
no loss in performance. This is critically
important to the experience we deliver to our
users." |
|
| Cray,
Inc. |
| "We began the schematics
in May of 2003 and had a working prototype for
public demonstration in mid-November of 2003. This
is practically unheard of in the server
market." |
|
| Trader
Media Group |
| "The AMD Opteron™
processor offers outstanding powerful computing
capacity and investment protection and is the
price/performance leader. In addition to meeting
scalability requirements for today, we can rest
assured we can easily leverage the AMD Opteron
processor to meet tomorrow’s needs. Also, the
reliability provided by the Sun Microsystems’ Sun
Fire™ servers powered with the AMD Opteron
processor gives us a competitive advantage,
providing our customers rapid results of their
searches around the clock." |
|
| Ciena
Corporation |
| "Due to production
schedules and market requirements, we wouldn’t
have been able to deliver our latest chip if we
didn’t have the performance of the AMD Opteron
processor, said Steven Rennick, lead network
systems engineer, Ciena Corporation." |
|
| Unicamp |
| "We tested different
hardware options and chose AMD for the
high-performance AMD Opteron™ processor and the
fact that it enables the ability to run both 32-
and 64-bit software, as well as the company’s
clear, precise information on processor code
optimization. AMD provides the best
price/performance solution in the
market." |
|
| Friendster |
| "AMD Opteron
processor-powered systems delivered a threefold
increase in performance, allowing us to more than
double our customer base in less than a year.
Moving to a 64-bit environment has been a key
factor in our continued success." |
|
| QUALCOMM
CDMA Technologies |
| "At the end of the day,
it all boils down to how fast we can push the jobs
through the computing environment in order to take
advantage of the substantial investments made in
the EDA software licenses. In this area, the AMD64
platform provides the best CPU
performance." |
|
| Luminetik |
| "Major studios typically
use hundreds of processors to create big-budget
animated films. We have found that we can do the
same activities such as performance capture and
CG-tests with ten AMD Opteron™ processor-powered
systems. The AMD Opteron processor with Direct
Connect Architecture provides a studio solution
and is competitive in both price and
performance." |
|
| AISO |
| "We worked closely with
AMD to create the most energy-efficient solution
available. Now that we have replaced our previous
processors with the AMD Opteron™ processor, we
don’t put off nearly the heat so we have conserved
energy and saved money by not needing as many
cooling systems and solar panels." |
|
| Magma |
| "With the right
combination of computing performance, memory
accessibility and scalability, the AMD Opteron™
processor provides a fast, high-capacity 64-bit
platform. When coupled with Magma's advanced
software, IC designers can accelerate the design
and analysis of the complex semiconductors that
are the core of today’s sophisticated
electronics." |
|
| Bell
Helicopter |
| "The AMD Opteron™
processor with AMD64 technology was very
compelling for us, because it allows us to boost
the performance of our current 32-bit applications
and simultaneously prepare to migrate to 64-bit
technology when we are ready. This is a very
alluring aspect of AMD64 technology." |
|
| Sabre
Holdings |
| "We first decided to
look at the AMD Opteron™ processor in part because
it was competitively priced, and our hope was that
the processor’s performance would be at least as
good as that of our existing systems. However, we
were blown away by the performance, finding that
it significantly exceeded our
expectations." |
|
| Microsoft
Treasury |
| "Securing greater memory
utilization for our Barra 32-bit application by
switching to AMD Opteron™ processor-based systems
and Microsoft’s® public Beta version of Windows®
Server 2003, Enterprise Edition for 64-bit
Extended Systems, gave us performance gains
without having to recompile a single line of
code." |
|
| University
of Houston |
| "With the strengths
found in the AMD64 platform, we greatly enhance
our ability to contribute new insights in
leading-edge national research initiatives and to
serve university educational needs. We chose AMD
Opteron processors because they met our
performance requirements, and our experience with
AMD’s reliability has been tremendous. AMD
processor-based computers have been serving as the
workhorses in classrooms within TLC2,
so based on past experience, we know they stand up
to the demands of scientific and academic
use." |
|
| DivX® |
| "Encoding video is a
very long process – full-length video content
contains thousands of frames, and every frame
contains a huge amount of information that needs
to be processed to produce the best compression
and visual quality,” says Rota. “Overall encoding
time can take several hours. It’s a very time
consuming process." |
|
| Computer
Associates International, Inc.
(CA) |
| "We were excited about
working with AMD on a port of Advantage Ingres for
the AMD Opteron processor,” McGrattan said. “We
liked the fact that we can help our clients move
to a 64-bit environment at their pace as well as
giving them the capability to deploy their
existing 32-bit applications on an AMD Opteron
processor-based platform without changing a single
line of code. " |
|
| Numerical
Algorithms Group (NAG) |
| "A unique aspect of our
relationship with AMD is that we worked very
closely with AMD to develop ACML" |
|
| Super
Computer, Inc. |
| "Gamers expect nothing
but the best. Whoever is providing the most
powerful solution is where gamers go.
" |
|
| Voodoo
PC, ABS Computer Technologies, Inc. and Falcon
Northwest |
| "Performance is
important to game players and enthusiasts
specifically because it enriches the experience
they're seeing with their games." |
|
| Ferrari
|
| "We believe the AMD
Athlon 64 processor will deliver more data
analysis in less time" |
|
| Troublemaker
Studios |
| "We’re looking forward
to the 64-bit processors. We believe they will
allow us to produce dailies for Robert that even
more closely resemble the final product,” said
Toader, adding, “The AMD Athlon 64 processors are
designed to also give us speed. You just can’t
have enough speed, especially in
post-production." |
|
| Aventis |
| "Previously, researchers
were limited by the speed with which ‘virtual
screening’ of small molecule libraries was
performed. With the AMD Athlon™ MP processor-based
cluster, I can utilize parallel processing to work
through myriad possibilities to eliminate the bad
ones and find the best choice. We can perform a
‘virtual screen’ on 10,000 or more small molecules
each day" |
|
| MultiGen-Paradigm
Inc. |
| "Systems we rely on must
be rock solid. In the back of your mind you always
are concerned about possible compatibility issues,
but we haven't had any compatibility or
reliability issues with AMD Athlon™ MP
processor-based systems. When customers ask us
about the performance on the AMD processor-based
platform, without hesitation we say we are highly
satisfied." |
|
| Erik
Hawkins |
| "With the right
computer, such as one powered by an AMD Athlon™ XP
processor, practically everything you need to make
music can be combined in a single machine -
synthesizers, drums, sample loops, vocal and
guitar tracks. You can add effects like echo,
delay and reverb or create effects no one has
heard before. All this performance enables the end
user to be creative in a way that was never before
possible." |
|
| Tippett
Studio |
| "We built some prototype
desktop workstations powered by AMD Athlon™ MP
processors. We had tried systems powered by a
competitor's processors, and they worked fairly
well. However, we absolutely preferred the
performance of the AMD Athlon™ processor. A good
part of the advantage comes from the performance
of AMD's floating point engine, which is very
important to compute-intensive operations such as
rendering." |
|
| Music
Producer Greg Ladanyi |
| "Of course we look for
reliability because we can't afford any kind of
glitch or computer failure. That's why we love the
AMD Athlon™ MP processor-based systems from
Soundchaser. When it comes to reliability, our
systems are rock solid. We end up enhancing every
aspect of making music, and the AMD Athlon MP
processor-based systems are a huge part of the
reason why." |
|
| PCB
Productions |
| "Our editors and mixers
rely on our AMD Athlon™ processor based-systems to
make sure our projects are done on time and are of
the highest quality. " |
|
| Rhythm
& Hues Studios |
| "I knew I wanted Linux
on the desktop. I started looking for the best
price/performance. We looked at AMD
processor-based systems and found they did quite
well. The systems we looked at from Angstrom Micro
ran dual processors and ran them brilliantly. So
we started examining the systems more carefully by
running render and display evaluations, and the
AMD Athlon™ MP processors were as fast as the
competition. So we went and got a rack of AMD
systems. My animators screamed for
more." |
|
| Siemens
AG |
| "It's all about
maximizing the read rate and minimizing the error
rate. When we evaluate processors, we're looking
at the milliseconds each processing step requires.
In our tests, we inject images of test mail pieces
from a database. When we ran our test results, AMD
Athlon™ MP processors proved to be the better
choice." |
|
| Boeing
Space and Communications |
| "With the new AMD Athlon
processor-based Linux NetworX cluster system, we
are seeing reliability that is far exceeding our
expectations. " |
|
| Digital
Pre-visualization in |
| "Pre-visualization
serves two primary purposes -- to sell a concept
and save time and money. Our goal was to paint an
accurate picture of what "Star Wars Episode II,
Attack of the Clones" would look like long before
filming was even started. Our AMD Athlon™ MP
processor-based systems are ideal for running the
extremely powerful software we rely upon. People
who visit our lab can see how, using these
systems, we are able to answer almost all of the
creative questions from the start of shooting to
the end of postproduction. " |
|
| Veritas |
| "Since our evaluations
two years ago, the AMD Athlon processor has been
our system CPU of choice," says oil & gas
exploration powerhouse, Veritas. " |
|
| Racksaver |
| "High-density servers
are powering a new generation of Linux-based
Beowulf clusters. " |
|
| Indy
Race Car Driver Scott Sharp Relies On AMD Athlon™
XP Processors for Extreme
Performance |
| "It's vital to have
processors that are fast enough to keep up.
Several years ago, we had a computer crash, which
caused chaos in the pit. That’s one of the reasons
why we've upgraded to the AMD Athlon™ XP
processor. " |
|
| Linn
Products Limited |
| "The Kivor System went
through very rigorous testing, as you can imagine.
We selected the processor we needed based on
performance. As I said, the Kivor machine really
must be stable. The performance of the AMD Duron™
processor really is superb and clearly up to the
job." |
|
| The
Jerde Partnership International |
| "We use technology for
time travel. We unravel the past to learn its
lessons, just as we project our ideas and designs
forward into the future. Whether we are
collaborating within our office, communicating
across the globe, making presentations to
corporations or exploring designs experientially,
we use AMD Athlon processor-based technology to
extend and magnify our talents and
pursuits." |
|
| Intergraph
Corporation |
| "AMD Athlon™MP Platform
aids time-critical investigations" |
|
| Corprasoft,
Inc. |
| "Our decision to go with
the AMD Athlon processor-based systems has been
the right decision. We had no doubts that these
systems would run our code flawlessly, and be 100%
compatible. We've had no issues whatsoever. And
we've evolved from a system where our developers
were waiting for things to happen to a system
where our developers are almost never
waiting." |
|
| Austin
Police Department Relies on AMD Technology And
Corporate Support To Solve High Tech
Crimes |
| "AMD is one of the
companies that never fails to get an answer for
us,” said Blanchard. “I’m sold on AMD, at home and
at work." |
|
| Thailand
Advanced Cluster Computer Opens Worlds of
Research |
| "We plan to expand the
system to about 20 nodes this year and 32 nodes
the following year. This kind of power provided by
AMD Athlon™ processors is opening a whole new
world for Thai researchers" |
|
| Net
Integration Technologies Inc. |
| "New customers
occasionally ask why we offer only AMD
processor-based servers. However, once they get
one of our servers into their hands, they
understand why. With AMD CPUs, Net Integrator’s
performance is clearly superior." |
|
| Douglas
Spotted Eagle |
| "The faster and more
stable the system, the more I can move forward
with experimental ideas that are exceptionally
processor intensive. It also means that what used
to be external hardware-based systems can be moved
into the software realm, and speed up the creative
process. When the computer reaches the point that
it can move as fast as my mind, it will truly be a
seamless workspace. AMD processors are clearly
approaching that point." |
|
| Xi
Computer Corporation |
| "Based on our
experience, the AMD 760MP™ chipset has a superior
dual processor architecture and uses DDR memory.
None of the above is true for the competing dual
processor platforms." |
|
| Goshen
College and Anoka-Ramsey Community
College |
| "To stay on top of this
business, you must continually test your
assumptions to see if reality has changed. Well,
reality has changed. The AMD Athlon™ processor is
a better product." |
|
| Aspen
View |
| "With AMD Duron
processor-based systems, we get nice systems for a
very competitive price. When you have a fixed
budget, and you can get an extra couple of PC's in
your labs for the same money, that's a huge plus
for the students. Especially when the other key
ingredients - the performance, the stability, and
the compatibility - are combined in one nice
package." |
|
| frog |
| "Increased PC
performance aids our efforts and helps keep our
clients in the headlines. The AMD Athlon™
processor-based system cut our production time
significantly. " |
|
| Jim
Henson's Creature Shop |
| "We needed to optimize
our performance control system software to run at
its maximum potential. They (AMD Athlon™
processors) are very, very fast and very, very
stable. And the AMD Athlon processors are very
well supported by the operating systems that we
run on them. We love 'em." |
|
| Rackspace
|
| "We use a lot of 1 GHz
AMD Athlon™ processors. We found they are
incredibly reliable. In fact, we have well over
1500 AMD-based servers that had been up and
running 24 hours a day for over two years with no
downtime whatsoever. " |
|
| Bentley
Systems Software |
| "AMD has designed a
processor that's more than capable of being used
in workstations. To me, AMD is in the home market
with a business CPU. I think that's going to
change soon." |
|
| Clint
ISD |
| "We now have 600 PCs
that are AMD processor-based. This year, we're
going to add 200 or 250 more. High performance
computers based on AMD Athlon™ processors can
function well as servers in the school
environment. We're using them with multimedia
software to do 3D graphics using Rhino. The speed
of the machines makes using the Internet a lot
faster. We're also using them to do online video
transmission." |
|
| University
of Kentucky |
| "AMD Athlon™ processor
is affordable, fast, reliable, runs Linux
beautifully, and is easily integrated in a cluster
design. What more could you want in a
supercomputer processor? " |
|
| Pike
Place Market |
| "Fantastic performance,
quality and stability at an irresistible price.
" |
|
| CycleMallUSA.com |
| "The AMD Athlon™
processor has been fantastic. " |
|
| Lindy
& the Look Music Productions,
Inc. |
| "We love the AMD Athlon
and AMD for breaking new ground in the PC field.
In our business, we will use only AMD Athlon
systems from now on. We will recommend only the
AMD Athlon series to our customers." |
|
| Digital
Anvil |
| "I was impressed with
the AMD Athlon processor's stability. I use it for
my most critical work." |
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