Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is extending its PowerNow technology into the server and workstation realms, building it into Opteron processors, the company announced today. PowerNow, already available in laptops and desktop computers, helps keep chips cooler by cutting back on the power supplied to them when they are not in use. The technology, called Cool’n’Quiet in the Athlon XP processors, adjusts the clock speed of chips to make them more efficient.
Loading ...
AMD Opteron Chills Out with Power Management
Posted by: Susan B. Shor December 6, 2004 10:54 AMAdvanced Micro Devices (AMD) is extending its PowerNow technology into the server and workstation realms, building it into Opteron processors, the company announced today. PowerNow, already available in laptops and desktop computers, helps keep chips cooler by cutting back on the power supplied to them when they are not in use. The technology, called Cool’n’Quiet in the Athlon XP processors, adjusts the clock speed of chips to make them more efficient.