IBM announces Opteron and Xeon servers

BIG BLUE said it has introduced a range of Intellistation A Pro machines that include single or SMP capable model 254 or dual core 285 processors.

The machines can address up to 16GB of ECC DDR memory, include PCI Express X16 graphics using various Nvidia configurations, integrated Ultra 320 and Serial ATA support, a choice of optical devices, Gigabit Ethernet, IEEE 1394, and in a rack mounted tower systems with six slots, six bays, and a 530 watt power supply. Windows XP Pro or Red Hat Enterprise Linux (AMD64) are offered as options.

The Intel boxes in the Intellistation Z Pro range uses single or dual core chips up to 3.8GHz, 16GB memory support, and a choice of PCI Express graphics.

Also today, IBM introduced its X Series 336 servers - rack mounted ultrathin 1U babies which use single or dual core Xeons. µ