Extending thier leadership in performance-per-watt computing from the server to the desktop, AMD is releasing Athlon 64 single-core processors and AMD Athlon 64 X2 dual-core processors can help consumers and businesses save energy and experience significant performance-per-watt benefits.

Business users have seen other forays into the realm of energy efficeint computing from server powerhouse manufacuturer Sun Microsystems.

Prior to AMD's newest processors, the desktop user was limited to techniques like the Windows XP power save option to reduce energy use on their computer. http//www.amd.com