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Balances performance, scalability, and cost effectiveness to help lower total cost of ownership (PRWEB) December 05, 2012 Silicon Mechanics, Inc., a leading manufacturer of rackmount servers, storage, and high-performance computing hardware, announces that that it now offers the new AMD Opteron 6300 Series processors, which deliver superior performance and scalability for virtualized server platforms central to private and public cloud deployments, big data systems, and high-performance...
New-generation machine control systems from Leica Geosystems cut earth-moving time in half, compared to manual controls, for one Georgia contractor. Norcross, GA (PRWEB) June 04, 2012 Josh Mathews, a Byron, GA, earthmoving contractor, fitted two bulldozers and one excavator with Leica Geosystems’ PowerGrade 3D machine control systems last year. The systems paid for themselves in one 14-acre building project, says Mathews, the owner of Sunco. Because the Leica PowerGrade 3D machine...
John Deere now offers a Leica Geosystems Ready option on all J-Series Dozers. This initiative delivers the Leica Geosystems Ready Installation Kit for machine control systems pre-installed, streamlining the installation process for dealers, and guaranteeing a quality install for customers. Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) March 27, 2012 Leica Geosystems in cooperation with the Worldwide Construction and Forestry Division of Deere & Company have announced the Leica Geosystems Ready Program for John...
QINGZHOU, China, March 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) announced today investments in new products and additional capacity for Shandong Engineering Machinery (SEM), its wholly-owned, Chinese construction equipment company. These investments will transform SEM from a leading Chinese wheel loader manufacturer to a leading provider of a wide range of construction equipment. SEM currently produces wheel loaders, motor graders and paving products. With today's...
Advanced Micro Designs (AMD) on Monday unleashed its highly anticipated 8- and 16-core server processors based on AMD‘s new chip design called Bulldozer, which provides bandwidth and performance improvements while saving on power. Zurich, the company’s next-gen Opteron 3000 server, and Interlagos, their Opteron 6200 server, are important additions to the server market. However, AMD is focusing most of its attention on Interlagos, which will directly compete against Intel’s high-end...
Appro next generation server platforms and solutions support two to four processor based on the new AMD Opteronâ„¢ 6200 Series Seatle, CA (PRWEB) November 14, 2011 Appro (http://www.appro.com), a leading provider of supercomputing solutions, announced today the design support for 2- and 4-processor next generation server platforms based on the new AMD Opteronâ„¢ 6200 Series processors offering up to 16 core configurations allowing customers to choose the right balance of clock...
SEATTLE, Nov. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Super Micro Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ: SMCI), a global leader in high-performance, high-efficiency server technology innovation and green computing, takes High Performance Computing (HPC) to the next level with systems running the newly released 16-core AMD (NYSE: AMD) Opteron(TM) 6200 Series processor (formerly code-named "Interlagos"). Supermicro's HPC systems provide exceptional scalability, efficiency and performance for the most demanding,...
PEORIA, Ill., Nov. 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- With a long-term view toward enhancing support for mining customers, Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) announced today new plans to build a mining truck facility in Indonesia and to invest to increase capacity at the company's large mining truck facility and large track-type tractor facility in the United States. Caterpillar Chairman and CEO Doug Oberhelman and Group President Rich Lavin announced Caterpillar's latest capacity expansion plans while...
PEORIA, Ill., Nov. 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of a strategic decision to move production closer to the majority of customers who use these products, Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) announced today that it plans to open a new manufacturing facility in North America for small track-type tractors and mini hydraulic excavators. The decision to shift production from Japan is driven by proximity to a large base of customers in North America and Europe. The North American facility will become...
PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 26, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Portland Group, a wholly-owned subsidiary of STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) and a leading supplier of compilers for high-performance computing (HPC), today announced its products now include support for the upcoming microprocessors from AMD (NYSE: AMD) based on their "Bulldozer" architecture. The "Bulldozer" core architecture uses a flexible floating point unit called the Flex FP that can simultaneously execute two 128-bit commands or one...
