The Opteron 6200 series, based on AMD’s Bulldozer-architecture, is being touted by the firm as the "world’s first" 16-core x86 CPU, with up to 3.3 GHz base frequency, while its 8-core ...

Intel and Advanced Micro Devices once again are angling for leadership in virtualization, technology that increases a computer's efficiency by letting it run multiple operating systems simultaneously.

The latest Windows 10 preview now has support for nested virtualization on machines using AMD processors, Microsoft announced this week. Nested virtualization entails running a Hyper-V hypervisor ...

AMD made real its virtualization technology as the chip maker unveiled its “Pacifica” specification, a computer processor design aimed at enhancing virtualization with 64-bit servers and other clients ...

Advanced Micro Devices today announced it will license its I/O virtualization technology specification. The effort is designed to encourage the technology’s widespread adoption by hardware and ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwire -08/27/12)- VMworld 2012 -- AMD (AMD) today announced that virtualization environments running on AMD Opteron™ processor-based servers offer superior price/performance ...

Sunnyvale, Calif-based microprocessor challenger Advanced Micro Devices Inc is reporting today that an HP server with its quad-core Opteron processor achieved the top spot on the VMware VMmark ...

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