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Boosting Battery Life For RISC Processors

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the staying-unplugged-longer dept.

prostoalex writes "National Semiconductor and ARM Holdings will jointly develop the power management solution for RISC chips, that they estimate will improve battery life by 25-400%. The target date of the first sample product is Q2 2003." My old Tadpole laptop sure could have used this. I counted myself as lucky when I got a whole 45 minutes out of a battery.

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  1. 25 - 400% ? by Roofus · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's a nice range there.

    Me: Hey Jim, we're throwing a party at your house tonight.

    Jim: Great! How many people are gonna come? I need to know how much beer and hoes to pick up.

    Me: Oh, plan on somewhere between 25 and 400.