Computer processor manufacturer Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has today unveiled five new Quad Core Opteron HE chips, which it is touting as the industry’s first ever energy efficient x86 server processors.
AMD rolls out five new x86 Opteron HE server processors. Image: AMD.
Each armed with four processing cores and an integrated memory controller, all in a low 55-watt ACP thermal envelope, AMD outlines that its newly announced Opteron HE (Highly Efficient) processors have been designed specifically to assist data centre managers to improve overall performance through enhanced power consumption and virtualisation.
“These new processors which feature AMD’s advanced power management and virtualization innovations offer a compelling platform for power-conscious data center managers who are changing the way they think about performance,” enthused Randy Allen, corporate vice president and general manager of AMD’s Server and Workstation division.
AMD’s Opteron HE server processor line is available in three 2300 and two 8300 Series variants for two-, four-, and eight-way rack servers and blades, outlines the California-based chipmaker, which is also keen to note that the HE chips have “set new records among comparable x86 energy-efficient processors” in both two- and four-processor configurations.
Blade and rack systems based on the five new low-power Quad Core Opteron HE processors are now widely available from global original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and solution providers.
The introduction of AMD’s energy-efficient Opteron HE line comes hot on the heels of the technology company recently unveiling its two-year product road map for servers and workstations. That roadmap includes the arrival of AMD’s first six-core 45nm Istanbul and twelve-core 45nm Magny-Cours processors, which are due to arrive in 2009 and 2010 respectively.
AMD is currently on track to deliver the quad-core 45nm Shanghai server chip in the latter part of this year. Its arrival, while likely to add around 25 percent more performance to servers when gauged against existing 65nm chips, will leave AMD around a year behind industry leader Intel Corp. in developing 45nm technology.
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