Carrie
12-06-2004, 09:29 AM
The Register (http://www.theregister.com/2004/12/06/opteron_powernow/)
December 6, 2004
By Tony Smith
AMD today said it has added its PowerNow! power conservation technology to its Opteron processor line, the better to pitch the parts at high-density servers and blade-based systems.
The move essentially mimics Intel's addition to SpeedStep to its Xeon processors last summer. Again that was done to make Xeon more suitable for blade roles, particularly as severs become more densely packed and enterprises fret over their rising power and air-conditioning bills.
Technically, PowerNow! isn't new to the platform. AMD has been building the technology into its Athlon 64 desktop chips from the start, albeit under the Cool'n'Quiet brand, reserving PowerNow! for its notebook-oriented products. It's not clear whether PowerNow! has always been a part of the Opteron design and AMD is just now choosing to turn it on, or whether PowerNow!-equipped Opterons will be cut from a new cloth.
Full Story (http://www.theregister.com/2004/12/06/opteron_powernow/)
December 6, 2004
By Tony Smith
AMD today said it has added its PowerNow! power conservation technology to its Opteron processor line, the better to pitch the parts at high-density servers and blade-based systems.
The move essentially mimics Intel's addition to SpeedStep to its Xeon processors last summer. Again that was done to make Xeon more suitable for blade roles, particularly as severs become more densely packed and enterprises fret over their rising power and air-conditioning bills.
Technically, PowerNow! isn't new to the platform. AMD has been building the technology into its Athlon 64 desktop chips from the start, albeit under the Cool'n'Quiet brand, reserving PowerNow! for its notebook-oriented products. It's not clear whether PowerNow! has always been a part of the Opteron design and AMD is just now choosing to turn it on, or whether PowerNow!-equipped Opterons will be cut from a new cloth.
Full Story (http://www.theregister.com/2004/12/06/opteron_powernow/)