Computex Taipei 2005 Coverage

Tyan has always been a leader in the server business and cooperates very closely with AMD. Today they’re the first to launch an 8-way server solution that is readily available to customers. Here is an excerpt from the Tyan Press release.

Taipei, Taiwan – Hall 2, Booth #E055/E056– May 31st, 2005 – Eight-way systems are available now, but access to such systems has been limited to the upper echelon of many customer bases, limiting the adoption rate and potential for 8-way processing to truly add value to many organizations. Enter the Tyan Thunder K8QW (S4881): the ultimate in 8-way processing platforms, and its system-level counterpart, the Tyan Transport VX50 (B4881).
The design and implementation of the Thunder K8 QW (S4881) offers the option to upgrade to four or eight-way processing capabilities. Multiple features are included in the Thunder K8 QW such as the following:

· S4881 motherboard supports up to four (4) AMD Opteron™ 800 Series Processors, with single and dual core support
· Optional upgrade to 8-way processing through use of HT4881 and M4881 add-on modules
· Support for up to 128GB registered DDR400 or 256GB registered DDR266 memory
· Dual PCI Express x16 slots (one w/ x16 signal, one w/ x4 signal)
· Three (3) PCI-X expansion slots (two 100MHz and one 133MHz)
· Integrated Broadcom®-based dual gigabit ethernet ports and built-in ATI RAGE XL™ video
· Onboard NVIDIA Serial ATA-II 3G RAID with levels 0, 1, and 0+1
· Remote management and power management options
· SSI MEB (16” x 13”) form factor (for S4881 motherboard)