Phoenix Technologies Collaborates With AMD

Phoenix Technologies Collaborates With AMD to Optimize New HyperSpace(TM) Platform
Optimization For AMD Virtualization(TM) Technology Ensures Premium Performance, Security of the Phoenix HyperSpace Platform on AMD Processor-Based PCs
MILPITAS, Calif., Nov. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Phoenix Technologies Ltd. , the global leader in core systems firmware, today announced a technology partnership with Advanced Micro Devices that is designed to ensure that the new Phoenix HyperSpace(TM) platform is optimized for AMD Virtualization(TM) (AMD-V(TM)) technology. AMD-V powers high-performing, flexible and secure client virtualization solutions. HyperSpace is an innovative platform that promises to ignite a PC revolution by transforming the mobile personal computing experience. It provides a unique computing environment that enables PC designers, security innovators and content providers to create instant-on applications that are available before, during and after Windows boot up and shut down.
By optimizing for AMD-V and input/output memory management unit (IOMMU) technologies, Phoenix expects to ensure that applications running within the HyperSpace environment deliver fast and interactive performance along with graphics functionality, when running HyperSpace on AMD processor-based PCs. The HyperSpace platform provides PC users with a secure and always available (reliable) computing environment.
"HyperSpace offers a revolutionary transformation of the user experience. PC system vendors gain the ability to remotely restore customers' PCs and deliver security that is far more powerful than what is possible today. In addition, PC users can avail of one-click access to everything from media, messages, safe shopping and web browsing, gaining the parallel computing experience they have always wanted," said Dr. Gaurav Banga, CTO & SVP of Engineering at Phoenix Technologies.
"AMD believes the PC is the next frontier for virtualization technology, and Phoenix is an exciting and early innovator. HyperSpace and the Phoenix concept of Embedded Simplicity(TM) promise a revolutionary computing experience that delivers the ease-of-use consumers and business professionals demand," said Emile Ianni, Corporate Vice President, Platform Solutions Engineering, AMD. "By taking full advantage of AMD's advanced graphics and virtualization performance innovations, HyperSpace promises to deliver an optimal virtualized computing experience that delivers the true performance, security and graphics potential that is possible from AMD technology.
AMD's leadership in virtualization in PC processors, chipsets, and graphics processors, combined with Phoenix's leadership in platform-level software solutions, provide a formidable ecosystem that is enabling new and exciting ways to evolve virtualization technology from the datacenter and into the PC."