IBM Corporation - 13N0740

Performance:

• Delivers high-performance solutions for today's enterprise community
• Delivers ease of transition to 64-bit technology at your desired pace without sacrificing 32-bit performance
• Supports large memory addressability for data-intensive applications, allowing for optimal performance and improved productivity in your work environments

Flexibility:

• Minimizes integration complexities by providing simultaneous high performance 32- and 64-bit computing
• Provides the flexibility and scalability for demanding enterprise-class applications
• Provides flexibility with a scalable design, delivering the headroom needed for future applications

Investment Protection:

• Provides lower cost of ownership, helping with long-term IT investment protection
• Provides an investment with a long-span potential thanks to the performance upgrade capabilities inherent in the AMD Opteron processor
• Allows you to better manage the transition cost and timing of your application suite's 64-bit migration

This AMD Opteron processor option provides a highly scalable architecture that delivers next-generation performance as well as a flexible upgrade path from 32- to 64-bit computing. With a single architecture designed to meet current and future business needs, the AMD Opteron processor can help to minimize the integration complexities presented by current business environments and answer future business growth needs. This evolutionary processor provides a dramatic leap forward in compatibility, performance and investment protection and can help significantly reduce the total cost of ownership (TCO) variable.