| Feature
| Benefit
|
| Direct Connect Architecture |
Helps reduce the bottlenecks inherent in traditional front-side bus architectures. High-throughput responsiveness and scalability for applications to improve overall system efficiency. |
| HyperTransport™ Technology Links (up to 3 per AMD Opteron™ processor) |
A high-speed link providing up to 8.0GB/s of bandwidth per link for connecting between processors and I/O subsystems, helps improve application performance and scalability. |
| Integrated on-chip memory controller |
Offers high-bandwidth, low-latency access to memory for excellent performance on memory intensive applications as well as virtualized environments. |
| Hardware-assisted AMD Virtualization™ technology |
Helps maximize the benefits of virtualization by accelerating application performance and responsiveness via hardware-assisted instruction set extensions. |
| Rapid Virtualization Indexing |
Can improve performance on many virtualized applications by allowing virtual machines to directly manage memory rather than relying on slower software-based methods. |
| AMD PowerNow!™ Technology |
Adjusts processor voltage and frequency to match application needs, helping optimize performance-per-watt. |
| Independent Dynamic Core Technology |
With quad-core AMD Opteron processors, allows frequency to be varied per core to reduce power consumed by lower utilized cores. |
| Dual Dynamic Power Management™ |
Allows systems to reduce power consumed by processor cores while maintaining optimum memory performance. |
| AMD CoolCore™ Technology |
Reduces power to unused sections of each processor to further reduce power consumption. |
| AMD Memory Optimizer Technology |
Designed for the increased demands of quad-core computing, increases memory throughput by up to 50% over Second-Generation AMD Opteron processors. |
| AMD Balanced Smart Cache |
Helps increase multi-threaded application performance through three levels of dedicated and shared cache. |
| AMD Wide Floating-Point Accelerator |
128-bit floating-point pipeline enhancements to improve performance on workstation and HPC applications. |
| Same Socket Technology |
Enables upgradability from dual-core to quad-core computing for significantly improved performance-per-watt and platform longevity. |
| Common Core Strategy |
Allows for easy upgradability to new servers and applications by introducing new technologies throughout AMD's product lineup. |
| Energy-efficient DDR2 memory |
Memory bandwidth with improved RAS (reliability, availability, serviceability) and low-power cost savings compared to other memory architectures. |
