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AMD Releases $99 Opteron For Cloud

Thursday, June 24th, 2010

Advanced Micro Devices has released a $99 Opteron processor that can be used in most cloud-computing environments.  The cloud server quad-core 4122 is the lowest-priced server chip ever sold by AMD and is one of the 4100 series Opterons unveiled Wednesday for one- and two-socket servers. The 4100 family comprises two quad-core processors and seven six-core chips. Prices range from $99 to $698.

AMD’s latest processors and cloud servers are aimed at cloud-computing environments that run on inexpensive, low-power chips that drive scale-out servers. Power requirements of the latest AMD chips are 32 watts, 50 watts or 75 watts, depending on the processor.

All the chips support AMD’s latest virtualization technology and include an integrated DDR3 memory controller. In addition, the chip sockets used for the 4100 series will support AMD’s 16-core Opteron, codenamed Bulldozer, which is set for release next year.

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Tilera to Double Processor Cores Every Two Years

Thursday, June 24th, 2010

Well DUH.  Don’t we double what we can do in the computing world every two years anyways? Tilera’s TILEPro64(TM) processor was selected by Quanta Computer Inc. to create the world’s best performance-per-watt cloud server, packing 512 cores in a 2U server under 400 watts. Next year, Tilera will bring to market the TILE-Gx family with 100 cores in 40 nm process technology, and in 2013, Tilera will offer its 200-core processor, codenamed Stratton, in 28 nm. These products will enable customers to provide 20,000 cores per-rack in 2011 and 40,000 cores per-rack by 2013.

“Providing multiples of performance density and power efficiency in a standard environment is a significant breakthrough that will take cloud computing to the next level,” said Mark J. Barrenechea, SGI CEO. “SGI has been a pioneer in disruptive datacenters technologies. We are working with Tilera to bring this compelling technology to our customers across HPC, cloud, and government market segments.”

“Yesterday’s solutions of bigger and higher frequency cores have become today’s power and density problems. Tilera is providing the new thinking that solves these fundamental issues and allows cloud computing to grow unbounded,” said Omid Tahernia, President and CEO, Tilera Corporation. “Tilera’s technology integrates hundreds of general purpose cores on the same chip, with cache coherence, virtualization, and high speed I/O. Our products are providing breakthrough density today and we will double that with every generation.”

Tilera will be demonstrating its newly-announced S2Q server, developed by Quanta Computer Inc., on June 22-24 at Velocity 2010 in Santa Clara, Calif., and on June 23-24 at Structure 2010 in San Francisco.

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Access Northeast buys RezZiliant Hosting

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010

Access Northeast, a provider of data center and managed services, said in a statement that it has acquired the hosting division of RezZiliant Inc.  Financial details of the transaction are not being disclosed.

“The additional Connecticut Data Centers will assist Access Northeast with the expansion of their Parthenon Cloud footprint for customer replication and disaster recovery services,” the company said in a press release.

“The additional Connecticut Data Centers will assist Access Northeast with the expansion of their Parthenon Cloud footprint for customer replication and disaster recovery services,” (press release)  In a statement included in the release, RezZiliant’s president and chief executive Mark Golino said that selling RezZiliant’s hosting division will enable the RezZiliant to concentrate on its “rapidly growing health-care software offering for hospitals and medical providers.”

Golino has “signed a long-term contract to remain as both a consultant and a customer of Access Northeast,” Access Northeast’s press release said.  This should help with their cloud hosting.

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