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Red Hat Backs AMD Rapid Virtualization PDF Print E-mail
Written by Chris Tom   
Monday, 21 April 2008 20:17
Infoworld has learned that Red Hat is backing AMD's virtualization capabilities found in the new HP servers.

The company's Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.1 platform supports AMD's Rapid Virtualization Indexing technology, for more efficient use of memory management on Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors. HP now is offering systems equipped with these processors in its HP ProLiant DL585 G5 servers, Red Hat said.
 
AMD Open Source Linux GPU Drivers Boost Penguin Desktops? PDF Print E-mail
Written by Chris Tom   
Thursday, 13 September 2007 13:57
The bloggovans at ZDNet ponder if Linux desktop sales will benefit since AMD open sourced their GPU drivers. Well, not by very much at all folks. GPU drivers are much more important for gaming than anything else, and without Linux games a plenty gamers won't ditch Windows for Linux. Of course Linux has a better chance that "shoot ourselves and everyone else in the foot" Apple.

AMD?s recent move to fully support open source graphics could be the best news desktop Linux has had in a long time. (That?s an AMD ATI graphics board, the X800GT, at right.)

Or it could be another example of someone throwing a losing proposition over the side in the hope someone picks it up.

AMD said last week it would support development of open source graphics drivers on its ATI Radeon chips, not just with code but with documentation.
 
AMD Validated Server Platforms Now Certified for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server from Novell PDF Print E-mail
Written by Chris Tom   
Wednesday, 08 August 2007 00:17
AMD Validated Server Platforms Now Certified for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server from Novell

- AMD expands Validated Server Program; empowers solution providers with increased platform choice and new opportunities to engage customers -

SUNNYVALE, Calif. - Aug. 8, 2007 - At LinuxWorld San Francisco this week, AMD (NYSE: AMD) announced the availability of AMD Validated Server platforms certified for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server from Novell, further confirming AMD's commitment to the channel by offering solution providers the ability to brand and differentiate their solutions to address customer needs. With today's news, AMD is delivering solution providers a validated server platform with Novell "YES Certified" designation that is compatible with SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and will be fully supported by both AMD and Novell.
"Customers look to reduce complexity and risk when configuring and deploying Linux server operating systems, so having validated platforms available for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server helps remove adoption hurdles for customers," said Al Gillen, research vice president, System Software, at IDC. "Integrated platforms also ease the way for solution providers to more quickly build and bring to market customized solutions that meet customers' needs."
Together, AMD and Novell are providing solution providers with more choice through an easier, faster and less expensive process by which to obtain certified and pre-configured Linux-based server platforms. Having completed the Novell YES Certified testing on AMD Validated Server
barebones platforms, Supermicro Computer, Tyan Computer Corporation and Uniwide Technologies are the first original design manufacturers to offer these platforms. Solution providers will now have the ability to leverage this testing and offer configured Novell YES Certified SKUs, expediting the certification process dramatically.
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The Truth About ATI/AMD & Linux PDF Print E-mail
Written by Chris Tom   
Friday, 01 June 2007 23:05
Phoronix has a story on AMD and their work on Linux drivers for their ATI product portfolio.

Last year when AMD announced their acquisition of ATI it led many to wonder how this would impact the quality of their Linux support and driver. Some had even speculated that AMD would be opening the code to at least a subset of their graphics drivers, and while this issue has come up again more recently, we will cover this particular topic in a different article. In this article we will be exposing what truly consists of the ATI/AMD driver development cycle and ultimately what they are really doing to improve their image in the Linux community. We have been granted unprecedented access to share with you their once unknown driver development model.
 
Red Hat Initiates Long-term Plan for Customer Value PDF Print E-mail
Written by Chris Tom   
Wednesday, 14 March 2007 00:17
?AMD and Red Hat have been leading the transition from 32-bit to 64-bit computing for years and with the AMD64 processor platform, our joint customers have come to depend on AMD and Red Hat to deliver efficient, high performing and stable solutions,? said Terri Hall, vice president, Software Solutions and Alliances, AMD. ?At AMD, we?ve long been focused on developing technology that enables virtualization on the AMD64 platform and we?ve been excited to work closely with Red Hat to help customers deploy powerful and secure virtualization technologies based on a common and consistent architecture. Together, hardware-assisted AMD Virtualization? technology and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, will help customers achieve higher levels of efficiency and utilization as they deploy their virtualization strategies.?
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