Unified Platform Brings Top TPC-H Scores To Servers

Sept. 15, 2003

Targeting servers such as the IBM eServer 325, the Operton processor model 256 provides a unified platform for servers and workstations, enabling simultaneous 32- and 64-bit computing. For a 300-Gbyte database, the QppH rating for the IBM e325 hits 13194, which is higher than that of an HP Proliant 900-MHz system and the Hewlett-Packard 1-GHz AlphaServer. For a 100-Gbyte database, the IBM e325 delivers a QppH of 12214, which more than doubles that of a 1-GHz AlphaServer. The 64-bit processor capabilities are supported by a number of Linux suppliers, such as SuSe, Mandrake Soft, Turbolinux, and Red Hat. The Advance Server 3.0 operating system, slated for release later this year, will include 64-bit support. In lots of 1000 units, the Opteron 256 costs $794 each.

Advanced Micro Devices Inc.www.amd.com

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Dave Bursky

Technologist

Dave Bursky, the founder of New Ideas in Communications, a publication website featuring the blog column Chipnastics – the Art and Science of Chip Design. He is also president of PRN Engineering, a technical writing and market consulting company. Prior to these organizations, he spent about a dozen years as a contributing editor to Chip Design magazine. Concurrent with Chip Design, he was also the technical editorial manager at Maxim Integrated Products, and prior to Maxim, Dave spent over 35 years working as an engineer for the U.S. Army Electronics Command and an editor with Electronic Design Magazine.