Offering Industry-Leading Performance-Per-Watt and Superior Virtualization capabilities A range of solutions based on your performance and energy needs Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ processors with Direct Connect Architecture deliver exceptional performance-per-watt within a consistent footprint and thermal envelope. Available for 2P, 4P, and 8P servers. - Outstanding Performance: Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors provide outstanding processing power and can increase performance-per-watt to improve IT responsiveness while maintaining costs. They are designed for optimum multi-threaded application performance with an enhanced cache structure and integrated memory controller designed to sustain throughput. - Investment Protection: Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors are designed to minimize changes to your software and data center infrastructure to protect your IT investment and simplify IT management. - Enhanced Power Efficiency: With improved performance in the same electrical and thermal envelope as the previous generation, Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors deliver exceptional energy efficiency with the AMD-P suite of power management features including AMD Smart Fetch technology, AMD Power Cap technology, and AMD CoolCore™ technology. - Optimal Virtualization: Improved AMD Virtualization™ technology (AMD-V) delivers hardware-assisted virtualization for consolidation, hosted client computing environments, and disaster recovery/business continuity.