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NEW YORK--RackSaver is collaborating with AMD to design digital audio workstations based on the 64-bit AMD Opteron processor. The new RackSaver NemeSys DAW64 Digital Audio Workstation will be introduced in New York City at the Audio Engineering Society (AES) Convention, Oct. 10 - 13 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. The system will be present in the Steinberg Media Technologies booth #462 running Steinberg's NUENDO 2.0 Media Production System. Specifically configured to meet the most demanding digital audio processing, editing and mastering needs in a professional studio environment, the RackSaver 64-bit Digital Audio Workstation (DAW64) is a 4U rack-optimized system with dual 64-bit AMD Opteron Processors Model 246, 4GB RAM, four 36GB Western Digital Raptor SATA hard drives, 3Ware RAID controller and NVIDIA Quadro 4 380XGL graphics card. Software optimized for AMD64 can capitalize on vast addressable memory. The 64-bit address space of the RackSaver NemeSys DAW64 system will provide digital audio engineers direct access to virtual instruments and music libraries in physical memory, eliminating the need for multiple workstations with distributed content. Having the source and processing resources available at one DAW64 console will increase the productivity of the audio professional while reducing costs and shortening production times. "Until now, audio engineers have been frequently constrained by 32-bit system limitations that can make it difficult to tackle complex mastering projects," said Marty Seyer, vice president and general manager, AMD's Microprocessor Business Unit. "With the AMD Opteron processor serving as the backbone of a DAW, audio engineers can tap 64-bit power that provides a new breadth of performance for music production." "With the convergence of digital audio and video being done under one roof in post-production companies, digital audio is a natural extension of RackSaver's expertise in the Animation/Special FX market," said David Driggers, CEO of RackSaver. "RackSaver has proven its abilities in the high-end Animation/FX market, and now extends this expertise to include digital audio, providing a complete end-to-end solution with a single point of support for our customers."