Code-named Samson, the supercomputer will initially include 132 1-GHz Athlon CPUs mounted inside chassis manufactured by RackSaver Inc., with an interconnect provided by Dolphin Interconnect Solutions Inc., RackSaver executives said.

According to a statement by the University of Delaware's Bartol Research Institute, the setup is expected to rank among the top 200 fastest supercomputers in the world.

The Samson will be a coup for AMD which so far has been known strictly as a manufacturer of CPUs for desktop and mobile PCs.