Solaris 10 Supports High-Volume 64-Bit Computing

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[b]Solaris 10 Supports High-Volume 64-Bit Computing[/b]

Santa Clara, CA; November 22, 2004 -- Sun Microsystems and AMD are celebrating the one-year anniversary of their strategic partnership. The most recent collaboration is the debut of the Solaris 10 Operating System (OS) optimized for AMD64 Technology and enterprise computing.

This is the first version of Solaris to support the AMD Opteron processor while running in 64-bit mode, enabling customers to take advantage of the industry's number one UNIX platform, as well as binary compatibility between 32-bit and 64-bit environments. Solaris 10 is optimized for the performance advantage of AMD64 multi-core technology. In 2005 Sun looks
forward to the introduction of dual-core AMD Opteron processors.

With support for Solaris 10, Sun's AMD Opteron processor-based solutions run the platinum standard for enterprise operating systems including: Solaris 9, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 for 32-bit and 64-bit, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 for 64-bit, SUSE Linux 9 Professional for 64-bit, Windows XP, Windows 2003, and Windows 2000 Enterprise Server.

In the year since Sun and AMD joined forces, more than 550 customers in 47 countries have purchased Sun's AMD Opteron processor-based products including:
-- Sun Fire V20z: The dual-processor Sun Fire V20z server delivers high performance, reliability, and scalability in a low-cost, ultra-dense, rack-optimized 1U form factor.
-- Sun Fire V40z: The Sun Fire V40z server offers excellent performance and affordable pricing for a four-processor server. Using the HyperTransport Technology, this server provides near-linear scalability and extremely fast throughput for x86 applications.
-- Sun Java Workstation W1100z: The single-processor Sun Java Workstation W1100z delivers high-performance computing, workstation-class graphics solutions, high I/O throughput, and the ability to deploy large data sets up to 8 GB in size.
-- Sun Java Workstation W2100z: The dual-processor Sun Java Workstation W2100z delivers extreme performance, visualization-class graphics solutions, high I/O throughput, and the ability to deploy large data sets up to 16 GB in size.

Customers who are already reaping the benefits from the
OS-independent, record breaking speed of Sun's systems on AMD Opteron processors include: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, University of Aachen (Germany), Conoco-Phillips, University of Queensland, Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory, Old Dominion University and ST Microelectronics, among many other customers.

With more than 700 independent software vendors (ISVs) providing a wide range of applications that are fully optimized and certified to run Solaris on the x86 platform, the Solaris ecosystem is rapidly gaining momentum. Access to Sun's Software Express for Solaris program is also enabling early previews of the ground-breaking new technologies in Solaris 10 and priming
the market for the company's channel partner communities and customers to leverage Solaris 10 on Sun's low-cost, high-volume x86 systems.

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