“Istanbul” – The HPCWire Reader’s Choice
Posted by John Fruehe at 3:39 pm
Loading ...This week, at the SuperComputing 2009 event, AMD received the HPCWire Reader’s Choice Award for our Six Core AMD Opteron™ Processor (the one you know as “Istanbul.”)
When you consider that two of the largest High Performance Computing systems in the world (Oak Ridge’s “Jaguar” and the University of Tennessee’s “Kraken”) were recently and simply upgraded from [...]
R2 is For You
Posted by John Fruehe at 8:01 am
I spent the last 2 weeks traveling in Europe and I can tell you that you can’t put enough emphasis on your companions. When you are on the road with someone 24/7, you appreciate a good fit. Whether it is the appetite for a good Schweinshaxe in Munich or the appreciation of a football game [...]
Read MoreFaster Supercomputing Cats Fueled by Six-Core AMD Opteron™ Processors
Posted by John Fruehe at 4:10 pm
In the June 2009 TOP 500 list, the Oak Ridge National Labs’ “Jaguar” system was #2, edging close behind the “Roadrunner” cluster and was the first wholly x86 system to achieve a petaflop in performance. Of course, both utilize AMD Opteron processors to reach their record shattering performance.
However, this summer, Oak Ridge embarked on a [...]
Energy Efficiency Globally Must Start Locally
Posted by Guest Blogger at 2:02 pm
(3 votes, average: 4.33 out of 5)New York State is currently facing some difficult challenges including rising energy prices, an aging electricity delivery infrastructure, an imbalanced electricity generation portfolio and climate change. According to a 2007 EPA study conducted by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and sponsored by AMD, New York’s data centers – home to second largest concentration of data centers [...]
Read MoreAMD Opteron Processor – Delivering True Value, Not Just Benchmarks
Posted by John Fruehe at 4:39 pm
I left the office yesterday at 5:00, headed to the trail for my weekly ride. Because of the recent rain, we shifted to City Park, one of the most technical mountain bike trails in Austin. If you just looked at us and our bikes in the parking lot, you’d notice that the older guy with [...]
Read MoreAMD Opteron Processors Scale the Alps
Posted by John Fruehe at 10:49 am
Nestled just north of the Italian border, in southern Switzerland, you will find CSCS, the Swiss National Supercomputing Center. Long known for chocolate and breathtaking Alpine landscape, Switzerland is also known in the supercomputing circles as an HPC powerhouse.
We traveled to Manno, just north of Lugano to meet with some of the brightest minds in [...]
What is an Embedded Platform?
Posted by Guest Blogger at 10:02 pm
In the technology industry – both hardware and software – we all use the term “platform” and many times, it means different things to different folks.
So let’s be perfectly clear about today’s announcement.
This is AMD’s platform value to our embedded customer: a single stop for leading-edge processors, graphics and chipsets. And of course, software from [...]
AMD Opteron Processors + AMD Chipsets = the Whole is Greater than the Sum of the Parts
Posted by John Fruehe at 10:00 pm
It’s a cloudy afternoon here in London, which is great because yesterday I was soaked while trying to see customers. Clouds trump rain any day in my book. A little known fact (outside of this country) is that the city of London is actually 2 cities, the City of London and the City of Westminster.
For [...]
Let’s Talk About the Weather
Posted by Guest Blogger at 9:09 am
When you come from Austin, TX, talking about the weather can take up a significant portion of one’s summer. Consider this year’s intense drought and more than sixty days of 100+ degree heat. You can bet that had folks in my home town talking. Now that my family has completed our move to Singapore for [...]
Read MoreThe Scorecard
Posted by John Fruehe at 9:43 am
There’s an old saying in baseball - “you can’t tell the players without a scorecard.” In this age of always-connected information, that scorecard is the internet. It’s amazing how accurate that information can be. And not be. All at the same time.
I am constantly asked about our different products, both existing and future. Clarification of what [...]