AMD launches first six-core Opteron EE processor with 40W ACP

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August 31, 2009

AMD today launches one Istanbul six-core Opteron 2419 EE (energy efficient) processors designed for 2P servers with only 40W of ACP (average power consumption).Opteron 2419 EE based on 45nm SOI process comes in a Socket 1207 package and runs at 1.8GHz,has 6MB of L3 cache and 1.125V of core voltage.At the same time,the new six-core chip also includes the AMD-V virtualization technology, as AMDs AMD-P power management mechanisms with a price tag of $989.

“Its important for our industry to look at how technology is being used and where customers have emerging needs,” said Patrick Patla, vice president and general manager, Server and Workstation Division. “The AMD Opteron EE processor enables OEMs to deliver energy-sipping servers that don’t compromise on power management, virtualization or performance features. It is specifically designed to help address the challenges that are generating a great deal of discussion these days - building and running very dense data centers for Web services, while doing more with less.”

Now,six-core Istanbule family contains 11 members,including this 40W ultra low power modle, two 105W SE,five 75W standard modle as well as three 55W HE CPUs.

AMD claims that new 40W six-core CPU is aimed for cloud computing and Web 2.0 applications as well as dense computing environments.It is said to deliver 31% higher performance-per-watt over standard quad-core Opterons.