Efficient Chips
Wednesday August 23, 2006
We first looked into energy efficient computing by learning to set the Windows XP Power Save option preventing the computer from draining kilowatts when no one was working on it. Next, we took a look at enterprise wide IT savings by introducing the ULTRASparc processors from Sun Microsystems. Running on less power, and creating less heat, the ULTRASparc paved the way for Intel and AMD to follow suit in developing low energy use processors.
Pushing the envelope even further are Zetex and X-Fab, the two largest semiconductors companies in the United Kingdom, who have awarded two Welsh scientists from Swansea University a $1.86 million (1 million pound) grant to drive forward smart microchip technology targeted at reducing the world's energy consumption.
It is estimated that power management through smart chip technology could allow over $400 billion in annual electrical energy savings. "The technology has the capacity to make a significant impact both on next-generation industrial competitiveness and on sustainability issues in the field of engineering," Petar Igic, the director of the Swansea Center, said in the statement. "The commercial potential is massive."
Pushing the envelope even further are Zetex and X-Fab, the two largest semiconductors companies in the United Kingdom, who have awarded two Welsh scientists from Swansea University a $1.86 million (1 million pound) grant to drive forward smart microchip technology targeted at reducing the world's energy consumption.
It is estimated that power management through smart chip technology could allow over $400 billion in annual electrical energy savings. "The technology has the capacity to make a significant impact both on next-generation industrial competitiveness and on sustainability issues in the field of engineering," Petar Igic, the director of the Swansea Center, said in the statement. "The commercial potential is massive."