The AMD Opteron 57G8942 is a server processor from the AMD Opteron series. It is a Quad-Core processor, built on a 45nm process, and operates at a frequency of 2.60GHz with a total power consumption of 95W. It also includes 2 x 512KB L2 Cache and 6MB L3 Cache. It has an integrated DDR2 controller, with dual memory channels and supports up to 2x32GB DDR2 memory in a dual-processor system. This processor supports 64-bit data paths, virtualization technology, and AMD’s HyperTransport technology. The AMD Opteron 57G8942 is part of the multi-core AMD Opteron family and is suitable for running highly parallel and sophisticated web-based applications such as databases, scientific calculations, virtualization, media streaming, and more.