AMD releases low-power Opterons

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) released a new whole of processors of Opteron of quadruple-core, called , of Changha� this use less power than of other models in the current line of Will choose,

The series of Opteron EE is one of low the powerbands of processor of waiter of the quadruple-core x86 on the market, Margaret says Lewis, director of the commercial solutions for AMD. They were developed to satisfy the customer requirements who has the very dense environments of calculation.

The pieces can be adapted particularly well to the waiters which make tasks such as the accomodating Web site and opacify calculation, the company said.

Lewis said that a processor of Opteron EE will only draw, on average, 40 Watts per hour, although this evaluation is based on AMD 's have the average power of central processing unit of treatment (ACP) metric, rather than on the industrially compatible thermal power of design. The power in Watts between the processors of AMD and those of other companies cannot be directly compared, some observers noted.

The pieces of series of the EE will function in the frequencies of clock of 2.1 gigahertz (model 2373 EE) or of 2.3 gigahertz (model 2377), each one with 40 Watts ACP. The series of the EE joint another line of the processors of Opteron twisted for the basic use power: IT them series, which consume a little more power (55 Watts) but run slightly more quickly (up to 2.5 gigahertz). IT is launched on the market for waiters of blade.

The generic processors of quadruple-core of Opteron themselves have the frequencies of clock of up to 2.9 gigahertz, and employ 75 Watts ACP. AMD also offers a line to high output of Will choose, the series of, which run up to 3.1 gigahertz, and consumes 105 Watts ACP.

AMD claims that the processor of 2.3 gigahertz Opteron EE (2377 EE) short 62 percent of generic operation-by-Watt moreover than one processor of 2.3 gigahertz Opteron (model 2377), as judged by the SPECpower_ssj2008 reference mark.

With an update of BIOS, any mother chart which supports AMD 'current line of S of the processors of Changha� should be able to run the series of the EE, Lewis said. It provides that the thirds board manufacturers mother will start to design new mother charts low-actuated specifically to supplement the EE rayent.