Rice University selects Dual-Core AMD Opteron processors to power new research cluster; AMD provides the critical processing power for research in biotechnology, nanotechnology, psychology, earth sciences, and computer science.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-16 August 2005-AMD: Rice University selects Dual-Core AMD Opteron processors to power new research cluster; AMD provides the critical processing power for research in biotechnology, nanotechnology, psychology, earth sciences, and computer science(C)1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:16082005 SUNNYVALE, CA -- AMD (NYSE:AMD) today announced that Rice University has selected the Dual-Core AMD Opteron processor to power its new, large-scale, Linux-based supercomputer.

Rice's Cray XD1 supercomputer features Dual-Core AMD Opteron processors, which offer the best performance per watt available in the market and allow for significant increase in computing performance, without the increase in power consumption. "Rice's research community is rapidly...

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