AMD Shanghai Adds Energy Saving Features

Because many workloads tend to be spiky in nature, the need to run at the highest clock speed is often only for a cycle or two. Power capping helps smooth out the peaks and can help maintain a better overall average power. In fact, AMD PowerCap manager can reduce server processor power consumption by up to 63%. And our AMD CoolCore™ technology, which lets you turn off unused parts of the processor, is now extended to include L3 cache.

Shanghai is important to the industry for what it represents today and for the future. As for today, the technology is available and proven and operates within existing socket technology (Socket F).  This allows new systems to fully leverage the feature set and investment protection for existing systems (upgrade the CPU, Memory and BIOS with known thermals and operating characteristics). As for the future, Shanghai is also an architecture.  It is intended to serve as the foundation for the future generations of AMD processors: Istanbul, Magny-Cours, and San Paolo.