HP Introduces Dual-core Servers

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HP (http://www.hp.com) today introduced new additions to its server lineup powered by the industry's first x86 dual-core processors, which can boost certain enterprise application performance by nearly 75 percent.

Using AMD's new Dual-Core AMD Opteron™ processor, the new server blade - the HP ProLiant BL45p for the HP BladeSystem - and the dual-core HP ProLiant DL585 redefine four-processor performance and price-to-performance ratios with benchmarks that continue HP's leadership across a broad set of applications.

As the No. 1 vendor of industry-standard x86 servers worldwide and the leading provider of AMD Opteron processor-based server systems,(3) HP is positioned to drive the adoption of dual-core technology.

"DreamWorks has a very strategic relationship with HP and we were excited to see the HP ProLiant server family introduce Dual-Core AMD Opteron processor technology from AMD," said Ed Leonard, chief technology officer, DreamWorks Animation SKG.

HP additionally plans to release the HP ProLiant BL25p, BL35p and DL385 and the HP xw9300 Workstation with dual-core technologies in mid-2005, when AMD delivers its Dual-Core AMD Opteron processor 200 Series.

The HP xw9300 Workstation currently has performance and feature advantages with the NVIDIA nForce Professional chipset and memory architecture design that surpass other AMD Opteron processor-based workstations.

"The advent of dual- and multi-core processor technologies represents an industry defining change which returns us to the performance promise of Moore's Law at industry-standard prices," said Brad Anderson, senior vice president and general manager, Industry Standard Servers, HP.

Dual-core-based HP ProLiant servers can substantially increase the performance of business-critical applications such as database, enterprise resource planning, customer relationship management, mail and messaging, virtual machines and terminal services, without adding systems costs.

"In the same way that AMD and HP collaborated to make pervasive 64-bit computing a reality, today's announcements signify the beginning of a new era in enterprise computing," said Marty Seyer, corporate vice president and general manager, Microprocessor Business Unit, Computation Products Group, AMD.

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