| Acer AMD work together to retake the server | | | | multi-tasking capability. The current mainstream |
| chip market share | | | | chipsets usually have two-chip core, while the |
| March 30, according to foreign media reports, | | | | higher-end processor is a four-core chips.) |
| Acer March 29, said the company's new server | | | | As of last Friday's close, AMD's shares fell 1 cent |
| product will be the first time a server chip, IBM | | | | to 9.02 U.S. dollars per share. Previously, the |
| ThinkPad T60 battery Chupin - "Opteron." The | | | | company's share price is down this year by 6.8 |
| move is widely seen as AMD want to re-compete | | | | percentage points. |
| with Intel server chip market signals. | | | | AMD said that code-named "Magny-Cours" a new |
| In the latest AMD products, code-named | | | | six-core Opteron processors to double the |
| "Magny-Cours," (magny-cours) server chip design | | | | number of cores. |
| has become the company has experienced the | | | | Users will see will be the price of the chip, |
| difficulties of the previous R & D lags to | | | | performance and use of energy and with Intel's |
| regain market share after the main reason. | | | | x86 chips to upgrade products for comparison. |
| Price of 2649 U.S. dollars compared with the | | | | However, the 12-core chip, the development of |
| ordinary processors, AMD's new chipset, the price | | | | other reasons would be a need for the entire |
| of just 266 U.S. dollars per piece to between 1386 | | | | data center the size and cost of software |
| U.S. dollars, and can allow users to add more | | | | licenses. 8-core version of the chip will be sold. |
| memory, which allows the server can handle a | | | | Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, providing real estate |
| greater number documents. | | | | data in a MLS Property Information Network |
| On the other hand, in order to make up their own | | | | Company's technical manager Matt Lavallee said |
| in the server market, lack of sales, Acer plans to | | | | that from the existing configuration of four-core |
| launch a computer used to process web pages, | | | | server chips to upgrade to configure the 12-core |
| e-mail and database servers, so it is hoped that | | | | Opteron server HP Pavilion DV4000 Battery, will |
| through this collaboration with AMD able to leave | | | | allow him to reduce the number of servers and |
| their laptop computers and desktop computers in | | | | software licenses permit costs. |
| the the growth of the market area to copy to | | | | Lavallee has been testing Magny-Cours chip. He |
| the server. | | | | said that although the 12-core chip prices than |
| Acer company server, the deputy head of | | | | eight-core chip prices slightly expensive, but there |
| business development Gianluca @ De Geli Esper | | | | is no gap between the price gap between the |
| Christi (Gianluca Degliesposti), said: "AMD's product | | | | price of SQL Server. |
| development back on track at the moment we | | | | Lavallee said that, MLS using 60 servers. In |
| joined forces to enter the server market is the | | | | theory, the use of 12-core chip be able to reduce |
| best timing. " | | | | by half the number of servers. However, he may |
| In view of Acer has become the world's 13.4% | | | | want to use this chip to upgrade to one-third |
| market share, behind Hewlett-Packard's | | | | reduction in the number of servers. |
| second-largest computer maker, combined with | | | | In 2004, when the dual-core processor market, |
| AMD common goal of both companies have to | | | | Microsoft announced that it would continue to |
| use the dual-chip low-cost computer market, while | | | | follow the basic charge per processor license fees, |
| AMD in the The market IBM ThinkPad R50 | | | | rather than the number of cores on a chip charge. |
| Battery of another extremely low, so AMD can | | | | Many manufacturers have adopted a similar |
| hope that through this cooperation the success of | | | | licensing policy. However, this policy is not uniform. |
| its low-priced products to market. | | | | AMD according to the number of cores on a chip, |
| Director of AMD's server Patrick @ Petra (Patrick | | | | core speed and power prices of 10 options, |
| Patla), said: "This is the last four years, we | | | | ranging from 455 U.S. dollars (8-core, 1.8GHz and |
| released a new platform only, we hope that with | | | | 65 watts) to 1386 U.S. dollars (12-core, 2.3GHz |
| its more market share." | | | | and 105 watts). |
| This month, Intel introduced the use of nuclear | | | | AMD officials said the increase in the number of |
| technology, six new server chip. The introduction | | | | cores at the same time, AMD has also upgraded |
| of AMD's products are used the same type of | | | | its Direct Connect Architecture in order to |
| eight-core, as well as 12 nuclear technologies. | | | | processors and processor chip communication |
| AMD's chip set a relatively low price and strong | | | | speed between the 33%. |
| performance in the server will have Intel chipset | | | | Intel is expected to launch this week, eight-core |
| market leader posed a great threat. (Chip-core | | | | Nehalem-EX processors. |
| processors, the number and proportion of | | | | |