Penguin introduces AMD processor based Linux system

San Franscisco 13 Aug 99 Some people wispher the nice little penguin on the logo is the real reason behind the success of Linux. A new company, called Penguin computing now tries to cash in on that success. The company introduced its "King Series" of computers running with the seventh generation AMD Athlon processor. The AMD Athlon processor was announced earlier this week, and Penguin Computing is the first company to configure it into a Linux machine. Penguin Computing plans to ship its new series primarily to its enterprise clients.

Neign modest as a king, Sam Ockman, President of the fast-growing San Francisco hardware company said "We are AMD's champions in the Linux community. AMD has always been a popular platform in the Linux community and this is the best and fastest processor that they have ever produced. We are extremely proud to put it into one of our machines,"

Penguin Computing was the first company to exclusively sell computers running only the ultra-reliable Linux operating system.

Penguin Computing claims to be the leader in the enterprise Linux market, and AMD looks forward to enabling the latest generation of high-powered Linux servers powered by the AMD Athlon processor," said Lance Smith, director of Enterprise Computing for AMD. The new AMD processors can be used in web servers, file servers, database servers and workstations.

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