HP Blade Servers Using AMD Quad-Core Opteron Processors

By Nathan Kirsch

AMD today announced that Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors exclusively power the innovation behind the worlds first blade server designed specifically to eliminate performance bottlenecks for virtual server hosting, the HP ProLiant BL495c virtualization blade. Businesses requiring the flexibility to support more virtual machines per server can now choose from a broad suite of Quad-Core AMD Opteron processor-based servers from HP, ranging from blades to high-performance multi-processor platforms. With todays launch of the HP ProLiant BL495c, 35 systems based on Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors are now shipping from global OEMs.

Businesses continue to face memory and I/O constraints as they implement virtualization solutions across more mission-critical workloads, said Patrick Patla, general manager, Server and Workstation Business, AMD. The Quad-Core AMD Opteron processor has once again proved to be the processor of choice in helping alleviate these demands. With Direct Connect Architecture and AMD-Virtualization technology (AMD-V), the Quad-Core AMD Opteron processor is shaping the direction of virtualization by empowering IT managers with more virtual machines and leading x86 virtualization performance.

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