14 DAY TRIAL // Another AMD based product has taken us by surprise, as the Shuttle silently launched its latest product - the XPC Barebone SK22G2, which sports PCI Express architecture. More exactly, this is, in fact, a new addition brought to the G2 -series of Shuttle XPCs that comes with enhanced features.
"It highlights blistering fast DDR2 memory, DirectX 9 graphics support from VIA K8M890 that delivers the necessary pixel shaders to meet the requirements of the upcoming Windows Vista operating system," said the company. The Shuttle XPC Barebone SK22G2 has been made with business in mind, and, of course, to meet the requirements of any professional user that prefers AMD's chipsets.
Besides the nice features, the Shuttle comes with a patented SilentX technology that has been integrated to diminish the noise for optimized cooling and exceptional stability utilizing the programmable smart fans and advanced airflow. Shuttle XPC Barebone SK22G2 is available all over Europe at a recommended retail price of 222 Euro (incl.VAT).
On the other hand, it looks like AMD has really conquered the segment dedicated to processors made for servers, according to Mercury Research that recently issued a report showing that AMD's Opteron processors took over 25.9% of server market, up 22.1% from the previous quarter, and the shipments of the Opteron processors for 2-way servers increased 45% quarter-over-quarter, while AMD's revenues for the server microprocessor market grew to 33%.
"Earlier it was reported that in the second quarter of 2006 Advanced Micro Devices shipped 22% of microprocessors for desktops, notebooks and servers, while Intel Corp. commanded 73% of CPU shipments", according to data by Mercury Research published by International Business Times. 22% is the highest market share AMD has ever achieved, previous all-time-high stood at 21.8% in Q2 2001. If the published figures are correct, then companies like Via Technologies and Transmeta Corp. supplied no less than 6% of the world's x86 microprocessors during the Q2 2006, a significant number for both, reported X-bit Labs.