Tyan presenta il supporto a 4 vie per Opteron

[Staff]

<p>At Computex 2005 <a href="http://www.tyan.com.tw">Tyan</a> introduced its new server platform for dual-core AMD Opteron 800 processors — Thunder K8QW (S4881). The novelty is designed for 4 processors and is upgradable to 8-way variant with a special board.</p>
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<p align="left">Thunder K8QW (S4881): </p>
<ul>
<li>4 x AMD Opteron 800 Series (single or dual-core) </li>
<li>Upgradable to 8-way configuration with HT4881 and M4881 adapters </li>
<li>Up to 128GB registered DDR400 or 256GB registered DDR266 </li>
<li>PCI Express x16, 4 lanes and 16 lanes slots </li>
<li>2 x 100MHz PCI-X and 1 x 133MHz PCI-X slots </li>
<li>Dual Gigabit Ethernet from Broadcom </li>
<li>Integrated ATI RAGE XL </li>
<li>Integrated NVIDIA Serial ATA-II 3Gbps, RAID 0, 1, 0+1 </li>
<li>Remote administration (incl. power options) </li>
</ul>
<p>In addition to Thunder K8QW the company is planning to release 4-8-way systems — Transport VX50 (B4881) — based on Thunder K8QW:</p>
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<ul>
<li>4(8) x AMD Opteron 800 Series CPUs </li>
<li>5U (server-class tower) form-factor </li>
<li>8 x hot-swap HDD bays, Serial ATA-II or Ultra320 SCSI </li>
<li>Slim CD-ROM and FDD </li>
<li>930-1350W power consumption </li>
</ul>
<p>The volume production of K8QW is scheduled to the late Q3 2005, while Transport VX50 barebone is scheduled to Q4 of the same year. </p>
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