The long-awaited details of the new SeaMicro server have been revealed, complete with 512 Intel Atom chips that reduce the size of the server, as well as its load. SeaMicro, which has raised $25 million in funding from Khosla Ventures and Draper Fisher Jurvetson, among others, offered a peek into their high-hope project earlier this year.

Tackling the problem of better matching server process with necessary tasks, SeaMicro has set out to create a low-power server that can handle the mundane, ordinary problems the Internet handles on a regular basis. Several analogies have already been made to explain the current server processes, which are high-powered and overused. Current servers from companies like Dell are likened to space shuttles being used to drive to the grocery store, or a nuclear bomb being used to take out a car.

Well, SeaMicro dropped a bomb of its own with the use of the 512 Intel Atom chip. Combined with SeaMicro’s virtualization process, the idea behind the new server is to lower costs and improve efficiency. This has led SeaMicro to tackle a number of problems with existing server structures, including the processes around which server resources are found and allocated. Instead of using a dedicated server for a particular process, the virtualization feature lets available servers be discovered and used. Overall, this aims to improve microtransaction activities.

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“Today’s servers are so inefficient when it comes to being properly utilized,” Andrew Feldman, SeaMicro CEO said. “This misalignment between the server and the work load is the root of the power consumption problem.”

The new offering from SeaMicro is important because it brings about new opportunities for cloud-computing on an enterprise level. The company is seeking businesses to utilize its new servers, especially those web-based ones in need of fast and efficient data processing and retrieval. Cloud-computing continues to grow in demand, especially as the Internet is relied upon for more consumer activity on our PCs and mobile devices.