New Opterons Run Cooler at Idle
Poster: Aron Schatz
Posted on December 6, 2004 at 8:04:11 PM
AMD and Intel wil be releasing chips that feature clock speed adjusting technology, like the ones in notebooks today. The new chips allow the CPU to run cooler when idle. This saves heat and power.
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The technology, called PowerNow with Optimized Power Management, lets the operating system slow the processor's clock speed and consequently reduce power consumption by as much as 80 percent, said Ben Williams, vice president of AMD's server microprocessor business unit.