Intel Developing Ultra-Low Power Chips

ErikPeterson wrote to mention a C|Net article discussing Intel's development of low-power chips for mobile applications. From the article: "The chipmaking giant announced on Monday a new technique that it said could help cut back on wasted battery power in cell phones and mobile devices by as much as 1,000 times current levels. Active computing accounts for only half the power Intel processors use. The other half is gobbled up by a leakage current in transistors that exists when a machine is in a low-level sleep state, Intel said. The new version of the company's 65-nanometer wafer-making process, internally known as P1265, is better than Intel's current process at helping prevent the extra power from being sapped from the battery, the chipmaker said. "

Comments

Power???

[digital-madman]

How about reducing the heat first?? Or does Intel want to enter the space heater market?

-Digital Madman

Leakage?

[kko]

Are these those famous Olestra chips everybody talks about?

To summarize the story...

[slashname3]

So the article basicly says they plan to make chips that don't suck so much.....



power that is. :)

Thanks

[mnemonic_]

I'll bet none of suspected this. I have heard that Apple has also developed an Intel-compatible version of OS X, can you tell us more about this too?

Typical Intel Un-Announcement

[dsginter]

This is the typical Intel announcement:

- Zero details
- How much performance penalty?
- What technology is utilized?
- Are we smoking crack?

Nobody knows (even us)! We just like to put out press releases. Read about our next generation architecture. What is it? We haven't a fucking clue!

But we like to issue unannouncements! We're Intel!

Good but...

[coopaq]

Everytime I here this I think:

Intel Developing Ultra-Low Power Chips= Intel Developing Ultra-sLow Power Chips