Latest AMD Opteron Processors with the Next Generation "Piledriver" Core Offer Record-breaking Java Performance
SUNNYVALE, Calif. - Nov. 5, 2012 - AMD (NYSE: AMD) today unveiled its new AMD OpteronTM 6300 Series server processors based on its next-generation "Piledriver" core architecture. The new AMD Opteron processors deliver superior performance and scalability for virtualised server platforms that are central to private and public cloud deployments, big data systems and high-performance computing (HPC) clusters. The AMD Opteron 6300 Series processors strike the ultimate balance between performance, scalability and cost effectiveness to help IT organisations lower total cost of ownership (TCO).
The AMD Opteron 6300 Series processors offer industry-leading performance in SPECjbb2005, a server benchmark used to evaluate Java performance, with up to 24 percent higher performance versus the prior generation AMD Opteron 6200 Series processors[1]. Java is a critical element of the software ecosystem for next-generation data centres. Performance per watt is up to 40 percent higher than the prior generation solutions[2], which means businesses running robust large-scale software systems will be able to enjoy high performance as well as low TCO.
AMD continues to drive HPC performance with the AMD Opteron 6300 Series processors by leveraging optimisations in compilers and libraries, and combining it with the next-generation core architecture. AMD has delivered impressive results in key HPC applications such as the molecular dynamics workloads LAMMPs and NAMD[3].
"Across global IT organisations, cost-effective, scalable performance is a core requirement to support cloud computing, server consolidation and highly-threaded workloads common in HPC, big data and other areas," said Suresh Gopalakrishnan, general manager, Server Business Unit, AMD. "The key to a winning solution for customers is working with OEMs and other solution providers to minimise TCO with a combination of cost effectiveness and superior performance per watt. AMD Opteron 6300 Series processors are uniquely positioned to be the difference-maker customers are seeking."
