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AMD Unveils Opteron processors For Servers

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. on Tuesday unveiled low- and mid-power Opteron processors for servers. The 55-watt Opteron HE and 30-watt EE chips, scheduled for release in March, are particularly useful within blade servers. Excessive heat and power consumption can cause...
February 18, 2004

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. on Tuesday unveiled low- and mid-power Opteron processors for servers.

The 55-watt Opteron HE and 30-watt EE chips, scheduled for release in March, are particularly useful within blade servers. Excessive heat and power consumption can cause problems for the densely packed, rack-mounted computers.

"Any enterprise concerned about power usage in their data centers now has a low-power option that also offers industry-leading per watt performance, reliable security and the assurance of investment protection," Marty Seyer, vice president and general manager of AMD's Microprocessor Business Unit, said in a statement.

The Opteron processor is an important weapon in AMD's battle against the larger Intel Corp. in the chip market. The AMD processor, which was released about a year ago, can run 32-bit software, as well as more advanced 64-bit applications, such as databases or video-editing.

IBM and Sun Microsystems Inc. are among the computer makers that are using, or plan to use, the chips.

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