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Energy-Efficient Processors

This month Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) unveiled six 45-watt processors meant for the desktop to reduce power consumption. The processors are primarily targeted to system builders and OEMs who want to give customers a low heat and low noise system.

The processors will be similar to the Athlon X2 dual-core processor, with improvements made for better multi-tasking performance with an energy conscience system. There are also designs for their other Athlon and Sempron single core processors that affects the performance and the price of the processors.

The energy-efficient processors lessens the amount of energy the PC's consume, which has great affect on the need for cooling and, frankly, the price of the end product be it just the board itself or the computer that it is being used in. But this low price will not have any hand in the overall speed of the processor, AMD said it expects the performance to be equal to other similar solutions, the only change is the reduced power consumption.

Lastly, AMD said the processors will meet and exceed the system requirements from the EPA's Energy Star Version 4 computer specification.

posted by James B. @ 2:49 PM