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Newisys today announced that Newisys will demonstrate its ExtendiScale Architecture, which enables AMD Opteron processor-based servers to scale from 4-way to 64-way systems, at the Supercomputing 2005 Conference (SC|05) in Seattle, Washington. ExtendiScale is the only architecture to offer true scale-up capabilities for the AMD Opteron processor, enabling high-performance, low-cost Symmetric Multi-Processing (SMP) servers. The innovative Newisys ExtendiScale Architecture extends the Direct Connect Architecture of the AMD Opteron and uses the HyperTransport interconnect to enable new levels of affordability and manageability in large scale SMP servers. Even more, ExtendiScale delivers the reliability, availability and serviceability (RAS) features of proprietary RISC/UNIX systems at a fraction of the cost. The modular, “pay-as-you-grow” design of ExtendiScale can be implemented in both 4-socket rack-mount servers and 2-socket blade-based servers. Plus, the ExtendiScale design uses standard Linux and Windows Server operating systems and supports flexible partitioning, making it a natural choice for server consolidation and large scale enterprise applications such as enterprise resource planning (ERP) and business intelligence. "Newisys has once again brought ground breaking technology to the enterprise server market. The ExtendiScale chip set maximizes the price/performance advantages of the AMD Opteron processor,” said Phil Hester, Chief Technology Officer of AMD. “In addition to the cost advantages of true scalability for large scale SMP in an industry standard design, customers will benefit from the higher performance-per-watt of the AMD Opteron processor in their datacenters." “Newisys is delivering on the enterprise mission of more computing power for less,” said Don Johnson, Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Computing and Storage Systems Division of Sanmina-SCI. “Because ExtendiScale uses industry standard servers and operating systems, many more companies will now be able to afford large scale SMP systems, and the performance and manageability that comes with them.” The AMD Opteron processor enables simultaneous 32- and 64-bit computing and features Direct Connect Architecture eliminating existing I/O bottlenecks. The AMD Opteron processor is designed to run existing 32-bit applications with outstanding performance, plus offer customers a simplified migration path to 64-bit computing. This evolutionary processor provides an unprecedented leap forward in compatibility, performance, investment protection and reduced total cost of ownership (TCO).