T2K Open Supercomputer Systems with Quad-Core AMD Opteron(TM) Processors Now in Operation

Computing Power, Scalability and Energy-Efficiency of the
Quad-Core AMD Opteron(TM) Processor Contributes to Supercomputers with
Specifications Developed by University of Tsukuba, University of
Tokyo, and Kyoto University
TOKYO--(Business Wire)--
AMD Japan (NYSE: AMD) today announced the official start of
operation of the T2K supercomputer systems featuring Quad-Core AMD
Opteron(TM) processors and with specifications developed jointly by
the University of Tsukuba, the University of Tokyo, and Kyoto
University. These T2K systems were delivered to the University of
Tsukuba by Cray Japan Inc. and Sumisho Computer Systems, to the
University of Tokyo by Hitachi Ltd., and to Kyoto University by
Fujitsu Ltd.

"In July 2006, these three universities began jointly developing
common specifications for each university's next-generation
supercomputer with an eye toward using their supercomputers
collaboratively," said Shunsuke Yoshizawa, director, Regional
Marketing, AMD Japan. "The universities aimed to adopt the most
advanced and highest performance technology as early as possible, and
have engaged in three pillars of openness that make up this new shared
specifications experiment: the use of open source hardware
architecture, open source system software, and their desire to make
the supercomputers widely available amongst the three institutions.
The performance, scalability and advance floating point processing
capability of the Quad-Core AMD Opteron processor easily matched their
requirements."

The University of Tokyo supercomputer system is comprised of 952
nodes of the Hitachi HA8000-tc/RS425 technical server with four
Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors per node. The system as designed
achieves a theoretical peak performance of approximately 140
teraflops. A teraflop or "tflop" is the computing power required to
process one trillion floating point operations per second. This
theoretical peak performance is the fastest in Japan at the time of
launch.

The University of Tsukuba's system was built by Cray Japan Inc.
and Sumisho Computer Systems and is based on Appro International's
Xtreme-X Supercomputer, while the Kyoto University's system was built
around the Fujitsu HX600 HPC server. Both supercomputers are equipped
with four Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors per node. The University of
Tsukuba's system can achieve a theoretical peak performance of
approximately 95 tflops, while the Kyoto University system tops out at
a theoretical peak performance of approximately 61 tflops.

The T2K supercomputers will provide these universities and their
researchers with the outstanding system performance and advanced
floating point processing enabled by Quad-core AMD Opteron processors.
The selection of AMD technology for these highly advanced systems can
also provide the universities with much-needed energy efficiency in
the form of performance-per-watt and innovative processor-level power
management features such as AMD CoolCore(TM) Technology and
Independent Dynamic Core Technology.

The synergy of advanced research expertise in computer science
developed over many years at these three universities and the
computing power of the new AMD processor-based T2K supercomputers is
expected to help address increasingly diverse needs in industry and
academia including the large-scale scientific calculations for
researching subatomic particles and nuclear energy, astronomy, climate
modeling and weather forecasting, and genetics and biomedical
advancements, among many others. Additional information about T2K can
be found at http://www.open-supercomputer.org.

Visit AMD on the Web

For more information on the Quad-Core AMD Opteron processor
family, including FAQs, development tools, and other general
information, please visit http://multicore.amd.com. Information on
Quad-Core AMD Opteron processor pricing can be found at
http://www.amd.com/pricing. An online press kit is available at
http://www.amd.com/quadcore/presskit.

About AMD

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innovative processing solutions in the computing, graphics and
consumer electronics markets. AMD is dedicated to driving open
innovation, choice and industry growth by delivering superior
customer-centric solutions that empower consumers and businesses
worldwide. For more information, visit http://www.amd.com.

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AMD Public Relations
Teresa Osborne, 978-795-2506 (PR)
teresa.osborne@amd.com
or
Ruth Cotter, 408-749-3887 (IR)
ruth.cotter@amd.com
or
AMD Japan
Chitose Nii, +81 (3) 3346 7560
chitose.nii@amd.com

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