43% less consumption! Or is it?
These days, AMD seems to be concentrating on their new Opteron line, possibly in hopes to revitalize their server bussiness. Furthermore, these new quad-core processors’ power consumption should be lower by as much as 43%.
These processors will feature integrated memory controllers and a 55 Watt ACP thermal envelope. They’ll be available in 2300 and 8300 series for two-, four-, and eight-way rack and blade servers.
The prices are already posted on AMD’s site, but there’s a catch. Apparently, AMD uses different metrics for consumption measuring, so their numbers might not be as impressive as they’d like to make us think.
Hope they perform better than previous AMD release .. Original Source