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Opteron turns 1 year old

AMD has gone from being an afterthought to a viable alternative to Intel on the strength of its Opteron chip, which blends 32- and 64-bit computing. We take a look at the processor's first year and the support it has garnered among key hardware vendors.

AMD exec looks back on year that was
Senior VP Dirk Meyer discusses Opteron's progress over the past year

Opteron customers show AMD in new light
Opteron chip has opened doors of corporate server rooms for AMD

HP announces four-way Opteron system
New ProLiant is first to offer the AMD 64-bit processor

AMD's Opteron chip turns 1 year old
Processor blending 32- and 64-bit computing has gained the backing of prominent hardware vendors and won over customers

AMD's profits grow on Opteron, flash memory
Chip vendor has second straight profitable quarter, revenue up 73 percent over 2003

Tadpole to build Opteron notebooks by June
New notebooks will ship with Sun's Java Desktop System installed

IBM unveils Opteron workstation
Offering is the first Opteron workstation from a major vendor to ship in North America

HP to ship its first Opteron servers
Company maintains move will help its Itanium efforts

HP planning Opteron announcement
Company expected to join Sun, IBM in supporting chip

IDF: AMD welcomes Intel to the x86-64 party
Intel announces 64-bit extensions to x86 instruction set

Vendors jump to support 64-bit extensions
HP, IBM, Dell to use Nocona Xeon

Update: Intel promises 64-bit extensions for Xeon, Prescott
Chipmaker still has not said whether its extensions will be compatible with AMD's

AMD unveils low-power Opterons ahead of Intel demo
New processors can be used in products such as thin blade servers or clustered workstations

Sun revs new Opteron, Sparc servers
Company also upgrades Solaris

Sun adds Opteron, boosts UltraSparc servers
Company steps up its pursuit of the x86 market

Microsoft releases public Windows XP beta for Athlon 64
Final version expected in second half of year

Intel will show off Opteron rival at IDF
Company set to demonstrate processor with 64-bit extensions

Intel's Otellini drops hints about x86 64-bit chips
Chipmaker president says 'we will be there' when the market is ready

HP sees demand for 64-bit x86 servers
Company is assessing its options

IBM serves up Opteron
Dual-processor eServer 325 shows that 32-bits and 64-bits can coexist

MS offers broad beta of Windows Server 2003 for Opteron
Customer preview program makes beta version easily available

Fujitsu, Sumitomo in compound chip joint venture
Company to create devices for telecom infrastructure

Sun unveils its first AMD blade
Sun Fire B100 blade server is one of four new systems to debut at Sun Network conference

AMD's crucial Sun win boosts Opteron prospects
Sun plans to bring processor to a complete line of products

Update: McNealy - Sun to ship Opteron servers in 2004
Alliance with AMD had been planned for past year

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