Networking giant IBM has introduced a new server chip that it hopes will help it achieve its green aims.
The new Power7 processors use less energy than their predecessor, the Power6, and run in MaxCore mode with up to eight cores per socket and four threads per core, meaning 32 threads in total.
IBM UK Power systems leader Robert Reuben told V3.co.uk: "People can't expand power use or floor space but, by consolidating workloads or replacing systems with Power7, they will be able to deliver with their existing footprint".
Earlier this month IBM opened a new 100,000 sq ft data centre in North Carolina that it says uses half the energy of a usual centre of its size.
Air from outside will be used to cool the server cabinets while a dynamic temperature and humidity monitoring system will run to keep everything under control.
The new Power7 chip will be in direct competition with the Sparc processor manufactured by Sun, which was recently taken over by Oracle.
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Last Updated: 08/02/2010 16:53
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