News - AMD intros low-power quad-core Opteron chips with 40W rating

[HEXUS]

The green team goes greener.

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[scaryjim]

Now, where's my 40W desktop Phenom II?

Seconded!

[listy]

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[bradyjames]

I find this frustrating from a consumer standpoint. CPU's with this amount of performance coupled with such a low TDP would be a great solution for many applications in the home. It would suit anything where you need a server on 24x7 or even other scenarios like a HTPC which you may want to leave running all the time.

However the pricing is just too high for it to make sense. I know AMD needs to make a profit and at the moment it's a premium product but I wonder how much extra it really costs to make a power optimised CPU.