San Francisco, CA; LinuxWorld — (press release excerpt) — Red Hat and AMD today announced that Red Hat will offer support for the upcoming AMD Opteron and AMD Athlon processors based on AMD's Hammer technology in Red Hat Linux Advanced Server. Red Hat will provide native 64-bit support for processors based on AMD's x86-64 technology, while providing support for existing 32-bit Linux-based applications.

Benefits of Red Hat Linux Advanced Server for AMD Processors based on Hammer Technology . . .

• Concurrent support of both 32-bit and 64-bit applications
• Open standards used to power enterprise, mission-critical applications
• Extreme performance for servers, workstations and desktops delivered through industry standard Linux and x86-64 technologies
• Easily supported by companies and individuals through existing training and technology.

Red Hat and AMD will demonstrate the 32-bit Red Hat Linux AdvancedServer operating system on a 64-bit AMD Athlon processor based on Hammer technology at LinuxWorld 2002, San Francisco August 13-15 (AMD Booth #747).

 
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