Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

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The dual-core force is with AMD


During AMD's XChange presentation, Gary Bixler, director of the company's North American system builder channel, led a demonstration of upgrading a single-core, dual-processor Opteron system to a dual-core system.
The process, which included a BIOS upgrade, took about 15 minutes, and the demo ended with a 64-bit enabled Microsoft Windows operating system recognising four CPUs from the two dual-core processors in a single workstation.
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AMD contends its dual-core technology outpaces Intel's with its internal I/O architecture, which it said prevents processing bottlenecks. Bixler also noted Microsoft has begun using AMD-based systems to manage its US$60 billion in assets.
"It was taking them 40 hours to process [data for] all of these assets, just on an ongoing basis," Bixler said. By using AMD-based technology, Microsoft saw a 325 percent improvement in efficiency in its asset management applications, he said.


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