New Business Class computers will have configurations with 24-month stability and longevity
AMD has been handed a beating in the marketplace from rival Intel and the company is looking to take back some of its lost market share and pull out of the cycle of reporting quarterly losses. To help facilitate this transformation into profitability, AMD today announced a new Business Class initiative.
The AMD Business Class systems will use AMD’s Phenom X3 triple-core processors, Phenom X4 processors, and the dual-core Athlon X2 processors. All of the processors can be coupled with the AMD 780V chipsets and will have the option of ATI Radeon HD 3000 series discrete graphics for more performance.
AMD says that the Business Class machines will also be compatible with non-AMD graphics cards and chipsets as well. The first systems launched under the Business Class initiative will be desktop systems with notebooks based on the AMD Puma platform coming later.
“IT decision-makers have a broad range of commercial client solutions to choose from and it is not always clear which systems deliver the best business value,” said AMD president and COO Dirk Meyer. “At its heart, AMD Business Class processors are based on the same innovative technology that powers the world’s most advanced servers. Our solutions are designed to give commercial customers the assurance that platforms are designed with their business in mind to help get more from their computing infrastructure, longer.”
AMD will be selling its Business Class systems via known computer makers like Dell, HP, Acer, Lenovo and more. One of the first Dell systems under the new initiative will be the OptiPlex 740. Darrel Ward, director of Dell Product Group said in a statement, “Dell continues to focus on simplifying IT, delivering business desktop solutions that help eliminate the hassles and high cost of technology transitions. The Dell OptiPlex 740 with AMD Business Class technology and AMD Phenom processors takes that commitment to another level with systems that are extremely manageable, stable and energy efficient.”
This new Business Class initiative promises large corporations deploying hundreds, thousands or more computers the ability to deploy systems today and know that for the next 24-months AMD will continue supporting the exact same configuration.
