AMD To Provide On-Demand Power Management For The Rack-Dense Enterprise Market

Addition of AMD PowerNow!â„¢ technology with Optimized Power Management will further enhance the AMD Opteronâ„¢ processor for datacenters

SUNNYVALE, CALIF — December 6, 2004 –AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced the AMD Opteronâ„¢ processor family will include AMD PowerNow!â„¢ technology with Optimized Power Management (OPM) in the first half of 2005. AMD PowerNow! technology for the AMD Opteron processor is designed to allow enterprise IT and workstation customers to decrease overall power consumption by enabling them to optimize performance-on-demand.

The addition of the innovative AMD PowerNow! technology with OPM is expected to strengthen the industry-leading performance-per-watt capabilities of the AMD Opteron processor. Not only will AMD PowerNow! technology with OPM provide enhanced power management capabilities, it can also aid in platform investment protection for today’s demanding enterprise server environments by providing less strain on datacenter cooling and ventilation systems.

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