Broadcom Corp. a networking chip company announced on Tuesday that it had formed a strategic partnership with Advanced Micro Devices Inc. whereby AMD would support Broadcom's development of server chips designed around the Opteron processor. Server chipset products are the chips that connect central processing units to memory and input-output (I/O) for enterprise computing, networking and storage solutions. Broadcom and AMD explained that they are aiming to maximize I/O bandwidth and offer greater reliability in the forthcoming chipset, which will be targeted at OEMs. "The Broadcom-AMD partnership is a critical aspect of the AMD Opteron processor ecosystem that Sun is helping to develop," said John Fowler, Executive Vice President of Network Systems at Sun Microsystems Inc. in a statement. "This relationship gives AMD a highly credible server I/O partner and further enables our shared customers to reap the benefits of the AMD Opteron processor with Direct Connect architecture," said Ben Williams, Vice President of Enterprise and Server/Workstation Business at AMD. "Broadcom's experience in leading-edge chipset technology should strengthen our offerings for the enterprise IT environment and is a natural fit for the industry's highest- performing x86-based server platform - the AMD Opteron processor." Broadcom's initial server I/O chipsets for use with the AMD Opteron processor platform are expected to be available this autumn.
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