“At the Linuxworld show in New York this week, AMD unveiled
Virtuhammer, which it developed with Virtutech. The tool enables
programmers to write and test programs that run on the chip maker’s
Hammer range of 64bit server processors.”
“Analysts believe AMD urgently needs to attract Linux
developers to Hammer because it could be a long time before
high-profile operating systems such as Sun’s Solaris and
Microsoft’s Windows are ported over to the chip.”
“Kevin Krewell, an analyst at chip consultancy MicroDesign
Resources, said: “Linux is the only operating system that could be
ported to [Hammer] in a timely fashion. While Sun has indicated
potential Solaris support, it would no doubt be a low priority for
Sun as AMD has no significant market share in servers.”