Sunnyvale (CA) - AMD today announced wide availability of five new 55 watt ACP quad-core Opteron processors. The 45nm CPUs operate from 2.1 to 2.3 GHz. Also, AMD announced two new 45nm Opteron SE processors (2.8 GHz) operate in the 105 watt ACP range for higher-end performance.





Three new systems are immediately available from HP. AMD is looking to help datacenter managers "counter rising data center power and cooling expenses" and claims 20% lower idle power compared to similarly configured systems, as noted:

"Based on AMD internal testing. AMD configuration: 2 x Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ processors Model 2376 HE (2.3GHz) in Supermicro 2021M-UR+ motherboard, 16GB (8x2GB DDR2-667) memory, 500GB SATA disk drive, Ablecom PWS-702A-1R power supply, SuSE Linux® Enterprise Server 10 SP2 64-bit. Intel configuration: 2 x Quad-Core Intel Xeon processors Model L5420 (2.5GHz) in Supermicro 6025W-NTR+ motherboard, 16GB (8x2GB DDR2-667 Low-Power FB-DIMM) memory, 500GB SATA disk drive, Ablecom PWS-702A-1R power supply, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2 64-bit."

Table showing all Opteron SE and HE model and price:

Opteron SE	2386	$1,165
Opteron SE	8386	$2,649
Opteron SE	2360	$1,165
Opteron SE	8360	$2,149
Opteron HE	2376	$575
Opteron HE	8376	$1,514
Opteron HE	2374	$450
Opteron HE	8374	$1,165
Opteron HE	2372	$316
Opteron HE	2350	$316
Opteron HE	8350	$873
Opteron HE	2347	$255
Opteron HE	8347	$698
Opteron HE	2346	$209
Opteron HE	8346	$523
Opteron HE	2344	$209

See AMD's press release, price sheet and AMD@work blogs.