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

I know an easy way to reduce battery usage..

[Anonymous Coward]

Make a cell phone a cell phone and keep it at just that.

What The Hell Is That Supposed To Mean?

[John Hasler]

> cut back on ... power ... by as much as 1,000
> times current levels.

"Cut back by 1000 times"? Are these people native speakers of english?