Competitive advantage is born of innovation—fresh thinking that takes the status quo by surprise. As the first worldwide vendor to introduce the revolutionary AMD Opteron™ processor for standards-based workstations, IBM leads the industry in 32-/64-bit computing with the IntelliStation® A Pro 6217. Building on breakthrough AMD64 architecture, the second-generation A Pro—with available dual-core processor technology—helps ready technical users for today's multitasking workflow and the trend to multithreaded applications.