AMD joins OpenSource development labs

AMD announced its membership in the Open Source Development Labs (OSDL),
demonstrating a continued and strengthening commitment between the development
community and AMD.

AMD also announced recognition of the leadership role taken by the
open-source community to optimize software that allows customers to deploy the
powerful performance of the AMD Opteron, AMD Athlon 64 FX, and AMD Athlon 64
processors.

"The open-source community is made up of visionaries and technologists
in the trenches who see firsthand the dramatic performance gains possible with
AMD64," says Marty Seyer, VP and GM of AMD’s Microprocessor Business
Unit. "Skilled developers in this open-source community have embraced the
AMD64 platform, making it possible for many of the world’s greatest computers
to tap this powerful technology today."

"Open-source developers have a long-standing comm-

itment to innovative technology," said Linus Trovalds. "By
incorporating expertise from individuals and industry alike, Linux has extended
its reach through the x86 platform on a global basis. 64-bit extensions
represent another major step forward, and the open-source community was quick to
recognize that potential."

OSDL is a global consortium dedicated to accelerating the growth and adoption
of Linux and the support of open-source solutions in the data center and on the
desktop.

"With the rapid increase of Linux deployments on AMD technology, AMD
will be significant contributors to OSDL’s continued success," says
Stuart Cohen, CEO of OSDL.

Some of the most notable open-source software projects for AMD64 range from
high-performance computing and enterprise applications to small business and
consumer software. AMD recognizes the support from leading Linux distributors
Red Hat, SUSE LINUX, Mandrakesoft and Turbolinux; Linux community projects like
cAos, Debian, Fedora, Gentoo and Tao; and, UNIX projects NetBSD, FreeBSD and
OpenBSD.

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