AMD extending its hand to high-end storage, comms markets
AMD extending its hand to high-end storage, comms markets
AMD is to offer an extended product life cycle on its Opteron processor to support system designers in the high-end, high-performance embedded market, encompassing the storage systems, telecommunications servers, digital imaging devices and custom embedded markets.
The chipmaker announced the support plans at the Embedded Systems Conference, held in San Francisco, The AMD64 platform will now be offered with an extended standard availability period of five years for a select set of the AMD Opteron processor family.
"Embedded customers have design, qualification and product life cycles that are longer than mainstream PCs and servers, but still require the highest level of processor performance,” said Iain Morris, senior vice president, Personal Connectivity Solutions Group at AMD. “AMD is responding to our customers’ needs with a high-performance embedded processor roadmap for almost every conceivable embedded design.”
Gordon Haff, senior analyst and IT advisor for Illuminata, welcomed the move, as he believes the Opteron is an ideal fit for NAS/SAN environments.
"AMD Opteron processor features, such as HyperTransport technology and a built-in memory controller, are a great match for the high bandwidth needed by SAN/NAS storage devices, telecom servers, and the digital imaging market. With the addition of the AMD Opteron processor to the lineup, AMD is further expanding its embedded product set with a processor that can meet the needs of performance-hungry embedded applications while still taking advantage of the ubiquitous x86 instruction set and its rich hardware and software ecosystem."
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