- The battle of the chipmakers heated up today with Advanced Micro Devices, one of the world's largest processor manufacturers, unveiling new dual-core chips in the Opteron line.
- Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is using its PowerNow technology to help its new AMD Opteron chips reduce their power consumption during idle times.
- AMD's new Opteron chips -- the 1218 HE, 2218 HE, and 8218 HE -- are designed to use less power while still operating at higher speeds. They also are designed to compete directly against Intel's Xeon chips.
- The new 2.6-GHz processors operate at 68 watts, compared with 95 watts for the basic version of the chips. In addition, the new chips offer a 180 percent improvement in speed over older Opterons, according to AMD.
Saturday, February 10, 2007
PowerNow technology in AMD Opteron chips
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