By Sylvie Barak
12 May 2008, 8:24 AM

TROUBLED CHIP FIRM AMD this morning launched five low power quad core server processors. The company reckons manufacturers will use its chips in both rack mounted as well as blade servers. AMD’s x86 Opteron HE processors runs on only 55 Watts of AC power, and comes in 2300 and 8300 product lines for two, four, and eight way rack server blades.

Randy Allen, corporate vice president and general manager for AMD said in a press release that AMD’s new quad core Opteron HE processors “were designed to help data center managers who see power consumption and virtualisation as the keys to solving their overall performance equation". He added that the new processors with their souped up power management and virtualisation capabilities “offer a compelling platform for power-conscious datacenter managers who are changing the way they think about performance.”

This is AMD’s latest announcement concerning low-power chips and is seen as a good move for the flailing firm. Last month AMD released the Athlon X2 4450e and the Athlon X2 4050e, two 45-watt, low energy dual core processors, whilst in March AMD said it would start shipping its X2 4850E 45 watt chip.