New Tyan Server Platforms Use Opteron 4100 Series Processors

By DE Editors

TYAN has announced its latest platforms that support the AMD Opteron 4100 Series processor (formerly code-named “Lisbon"). According to the company, the new processors allow for increased power efficiency with improved power management, PCIE Gen 2 and improved HyperTransport technology.

The TYAN S8226 and GT24-B8226 are entry-level platforms targeting SMB Data Center environments. The TYAN S8228 and YR190-B8228 are high-density server platforms that target the IPDC, render farm, small cluster, social networking and video streaming customer segments. All four TYAN platforms are designed to manage multiple tasks ranging from general purpose to highly threaded workloads.

The TYAN S8226 is a rack-optimized motherboard targeted at enterprise applications.  The TYAN S8226 is designed with two AMD Opteron 4100 Series processors, six plus six DDR-III R/U-DIMM slots, three GbE, and 8-port SAS 6G controller support. The TYAN GT24-B8226 1U Barebones Server is targeted at CPU-intensive HPC applications.  The GT24 B8226 is designed with four hot-swap HDDs and two FH/FL PCI-E Gen. 2 x16 slots.

The TYAN S8228 motherboard is targeted at IPDC high-density deployment.  The S8228 is designed with two AMD Opteron 4100 series processors, six plus six DDR-III R/U-DIMM slots, three GbE, and a 4-port SATA-II controller.  The TYAN YR190 B8228 1U Barebones Server is target to mainstream enterprise server platform and render farm computing clusters.  The TYAN YR190 B8228 is design with four hot-swap HDDs, and a HH/HL PCI-E Gen. 2×16 slot.

The TYAN AMD Opteron 4100 Series-based servers are expected to be available in the third quarter. For more information, visit TYAN.

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company's website.