Consolidating on AMD Opteron-Based ProLiant Servers Cuts Licensing Costs, Boosts Performance

Overview

HP's application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) design teams - early adopters of Linux-based electronic design automation (EDA) software and industry-standard servers for 32-bit applications - develop and test ASICs for use in HP ProLiant industry-standard servers. The initial lack of 64-bit Linux and 64-bit industry-standard servers forced the group to retain many legacy workstations to provide the support required for complex applications and simulations. The new HP ProLiant DL585 4-way server, featuring the AMD Opteron processor, and the availability of the Synopsys EDA development tools for Red Hat Enterprise Linux provided the ideal solution for the HP ASIC design group.