New Highly Efficient 45nm Quad-Core AMD Opteron HE processors now available in systems from Global OEMs and solution providers

Addressing the number one challenge for data center managers, AMD announced widespread availability of five new low-power 45nm Quad-Core AMD Opteron HE processors. At 55-watt ACP, these new highly efficient processors help meet the industry’s rising demand for low power, cost-saving data center technology. Now available in eight server systems from HP, the new processors can help customers immediately recognize power savings and increased virtualization performance. Rackable Systems will also have Quad-Core AMD Opteron HE processor-based servers available immediately and additional systems from global OEMs including Dell, Sun, and other solution providers are expected later this quarter.

The 45nm Quad-Core AMD Opteron HE processor, with speeds ranging from 2.1 to 2.3 GHz, is designed to address a vast segment of the business computing market that must maximize performance during peak hours while managing the energy costs during idle and low-utilization hours. Server platforms based on these new AMD Opteron HE processors can offer up to 20% lower idle power compared to similarly configured competing systems, helping cut energy costs without compromising any of the processor features of the standard power options.

“In the current economic environment, datacenter managers are under more pressure than ever to reduce costs without compromising the latest features or performance,” said Patrick Patla, general manager, Server and Workstation Business, AMD. “The new Quad-Core AMD Opteron HE series processor offers unrivaled performance-per-watt and cost-efficiencies for a wide range of configurations without a potential front-side bus bottleneck. In the second quarter AMD plans to take energy-efficiency to the next level in introducing even lower ACP processors for the unique demands of cloud computing environments.”

Additionally, two new 45nm Quad-Core AMD Opteron SE processors (2.8 GHz) are now available for customers with the most performance-intensive datacenter workloads. At the 105-watt ACP thermal envelope, these new processors are also immediately available in three new systems from HP as well as from other AMD technology partners.

New Power Management Innovations and Performance Numbers

Significant new power management capabilities are now enabled with all 45nm Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors. Details on these new additional power saving features, as well as information on the performance data available for both new processor categories is available at AMD@work (http://blogs.amd.com/work/default.aspx).

AMD幫助客戶有效解決數據中心不斷增長的電力和冷卻開支問題

S為幫助數據中心管理者解決現時面對的頭號挑戰1，AMD宣佈推出五款全新低功耗的45納米四核Opteron HE處理器。全新高能效處理器平均功耗(ACP)僅為55瓦，能有效地滿足行業對低功耗、節省成本數據中心技術的殷切需求。HP已於其八款伺服器系統中配置低功耗的45納米四核Opteron HE處理器，讓客戶能夠立即體驗全新處理器帶來的節能效果和更強勁的虛擬化效能。採用低功耗的四核Opteron HE處理器的機架式系統也將於市面推出，而Dell、Sun等全球OEM廠商以及其他解決方案供應商預計將於本季度末推出更多系統。

AMD低功耗的45納米四核Opteron HE處理器的頻率從2.1到 2.3 GHz，專為廣泛的商用電腦市場而設計。商業用戶要求處理器能在高峰時段提供最大的效能，而在閒置和使用率低時有效降低能耗。以全新低功耗的AMD四核Opteron HE處理器為基礎的伺服器平台在系統閒置時，與配置近似的競爭平台2相比，節省達20%功耗，在大幅降低電力成本的同時，處理器效能與標準功耗狀態時，同樣出色。

AMD負責伺服器和工作站業務的總經理Patrick Patla表示：「在當前的經濟環境下，數據中心的管理者面臨前所未有的壓力，既要減低成本，又要實現最新的功能或效能之需求。全新的四核Opteron HE系列處理器能夠以無可匹敵的每瓦性能和成本效益滿足多種配置需求，而且不會受前端匯流排瓶頸問題的困擾。在第二季度，AMD計劃將能效提升到更高標準，推出平均功耗（ACP）更低的處理器，以滿足雲計算環境的獨特需求。」

此外，兩款全新的45納米四核Opteron SE處理器(2.8 GHz) 亦已在市場推出，滿足客戶對最高效能的數據中心處理工作量之需求。HP和其他AMD合作夥伴亦已推出三款新系統，都配備這兩款平均功耗(ACP)為105瓦的全新處理器。

創新的電源管理功能和全新的性能指數

AMD所有45納米四核Opteron處理器均配備了全新的電源管理功能。如欲了解全些新的節能特性，以及兩種新型處理器現有的性能數據資訊，歡迎瀏覽AMD@work (http://blogs.amd.com/work/default.aspx)。

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