AMD Powers HP’s New ProLiant Blade Server

AMD has announced that its quad-core AMD Opteron processors will exclusively power HP’s latest ProLiant server.

It said the HP ProLiant BL495c server packs more virtual servers into each blade, extending the useful lifecycle of the data center by saving floor space, power, and cooling. Other features include balanced memory architecture, and I/O and storage innovations.

AMD said businesses requiring the flexibility to support more virtual machines per server can choose from a suite of quad-core AMD Opteron processor-based servers from HP, ranging from blades to high-performance multi-processor platforms.

Patrick Patla, general manager of AMDs’ server and workstation division, said: “Businesses face memory and I/O constraints as they implement virtualization solutions across more mission-critical workloads. The quad-core AMD Opteron processor has once again proved to be the processor of choice in helping alleviate these demands.”