On Wednesday afternoon , the company announced that they have reached a $334 million agreement , to purchase SeaMicro , a successful microserver manufacturer .
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wednesday afternoon company announce reach $334 million agreement purchase seamicro successful microserver manufacturer
On Wednesday afternoon , the company announced that they have reached a $334 million agreement , to purchase <m> SeaMicro </m> , a successful microserver manufacturer .
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AMD acquires SeaMicro to grab share of microserver market
AMD's $334 million deal with SeaMicro is a strong move to improve within the …
Mar 1 2012 , 2 : 35am CET
AMD has made a $334 million bet on the energy - efficient "microserver" market .
On Wednesday afternoon , the company announced that they have reached a $334 million agreement , to purchase <m> SeaMicro </m> , a successful microserver manufacturer .
Launched in 2007 , SeaMicro quickly gained attention for their ability to combine cheap , low - end processors that could handle Web - centric server workloads .
The company worked closely , if not exclusively , with Intel processors in recent years .
SeaMicro's current SM server line uses Intel's Atom and "Sandy Bridge" processors .
“ By acquiring SeaMicro , we are accelerating AMD ’ s transformation into an agile , disruptive innovator capable of staking a data center leadership position , ” said Rory Read , AMD's president and CEO , in today's news release .
For now , AMD will continue to sell SeaMicro servers based on Intel Atom processors according to PC World .
However , AMD expects to release the first SeaMicro servers based on AMD Opteron processors within the year .