Low Power Everywhere


By Kiran Vittal School is over for my kids and the summer holidays are here. We are planning to make minor modifications to our home, which includes installation of recessed lights. LED light bulbs are all over the place in home appliance stores and they claim 85% savings in energy costs with a life span of 50,000 hours. The cost of these LED bulbs is five to six times the cost of your average... » read more

Low Power Drives New Architectures


By Pallab Chatterjee Power became the driving discussion at several major events last month. The global cries for energy reduction, which have been mainstream since the early 1970s on the political level, have now moved to being real economic realities for component and systems suppliers. Chipmakers are finding that lower power makes good economic sense—lower cost of packaging, lower cost... » read more

A Warmer Reception


For years data center operations managers have been complaining that they can no longer cool racks of servers enough to bring them down to the maximum temperature. The increasing density of chips, thinner servers packed more tightly together and the usual current leakage have become so bad that it’s impossible to blow enough cool air through the server cabinets. In fact, it’s gotten to the ... » read more

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