I mentioned earlier that our technology partner, AMD, is now tapping into the power of Sun Grid to simulate processor performance on their next generation chip. AMD has its own internal grid, but is taking advantage of Sun Grid Compute Utility to ensure they have enough compute power to get the job done. By doing this AMD is getting access to additional capacity without needing to make the capital investment required to expand their inhouse grid infrastructure. In their estimation this allows them to avoid over 1 million dollars of capital investment. Other benefits they are seeing are: faster time to market, and more flexibility as Sun Grid is a utility that can be dialed up or dialed down based on AMD's need at any given time. Plus they expect to be able to achive better utilization on their existing resources. These are just a few of the benefits of using a publicly available compute utility. For more details on AMD's experience with Sun Grid, check out the case study on AMD on Sun Grid.