TechWorld offers some early details of IBM's new PowerTune technology in the PowerPC 970FX.
According to a senior technical staff member at IBM, "customers will be able to use the chip in everything from PCs to notebooks to networking equipment".
The new processor is being used in Apple's Xserve.
The company claims that the chip's unique power-tuning technique allows it to vary power consumption thousands of times per second, reducing the overall power consumption compared with other chips that consume a constant amount of power.
According to a senior technical staff member at IBM, "customers will be able to use the chip in everything from PCs to notebooks to networking equipment".
The new processor is being used in Apple's Xserve.