Newisys Piggybacks Opteron Into 32-chip Servers
News Newisys has developed a chip that will allow the Opteron processor from Advanced Micro Devices to compete in the upper reaches of the server market. Horus, the name of the Newisys chip, will let computer makers put together servers containing more...
[August 26, 2004, 8:00]
AMD's Saviour Flies The Coop
News Meanwhile, Phil Hester, who cofounded Opteron server manufacturer Newisys and spent more than two decades at IBM, will be taking over the CTO spot at Sunnyvale, California-based AMD. Besides helping found Newisys, he negotiated with AMD when IBM...
[September 8, 2005, 9:40]
AMD Hopes To Rack Up Server Victory
News RackSaver's Opteron computers are based on designs from Newisys. Newisys is discussing licensing its Opteron server and motherboard designs to "virtually all" of the major manufacturers, including overseas manufacturers such as NEC and Fujitsu...
[March 5, 2003, 14:07]
Slim Opteron Server On The Way
News For some of its servers, Appro uses electronics boards built by Austin, Texas-based start-up Newisys, Appro spokeswoman Maria McLaughlin said. Newisys specialises in AMD-based server hardware that it sells to other companies for their own server...
[March 21, 2003, 8:37]
Opteron Launches Amidst Benchmark Fanfare
News In the coming weeks, many of these companies will also begin to sell Opteron blade systems and four-processor systems based on Newisys designs. Newisys sells some computers but mostly licenses its designs to other manufacturers.
[April 22, 2003, 13:48]
Opteron Strikes Up A Quartet
News The chipmaker -- in conjunction with server start-up Newisys -- has created a four-processor server, code-named Quartet, that will hit the market later this quarter, said Ben Williams, director of the server and workstation business segment at AMD.
[April 22, 2003, 13:07]
Accelerating AMD
News In his previous business incarnations, Phil Hester spent more than two decades at IBM, then founded a server manufacturer called Newisys. But as the (relatively) new chief technology officer at AMD, that impressive resume is likely to be put to the...
[January 4, 2006, 16:55]
64-bit Windows, Apache Make Their Way To Opteron
News The software was running on an Opteron system built by Newisys Khepri, a server startup founded by former IBM executives. AMD is showing off a 64-bit version of the Windows operating system and 64-bit-compatible applications for its upcoming...
[November 18, 2002, 14:33]
Sun Shines On AMD's Opteron Chip
News Virtually all of the major manufacturers are testing Opteron, according to Jack Steeg, senior vice president of sales and marketing at Newisys, which is licensing designs for Opteron servers. Sun Microsystems is likely to adopt the Opteron...
[April 9, 2003, 7:17]
IBM Will Make Servers Using Opteron
News IBM is believed to be working with Newisys, a server start-up staffed by ex-IBM employees, to design these systems. IBM on Tuesday announced its intention to use the AMD server chip in future server hardware, including a server platform and high...
[April 23, 2003, 9:02]
AMD's Man Of The Future
News The new chief technology officer went to AMD last year from Newisys, an early designer of servers built with AMD's Opteron processor. AMD might not be planning a huge change in the way it makes chips this year, but that doesn't mean Phil Hester...
[June 7, 2006, 16:30]
