First "Carbon-Free" CPU Fights Global Warming

An anonymous reader writes "VIA is doing its bit to fight Global Warming by introducing the 'world's first carbon-free' desktop PC processor. The RoHS-compliant C7-D consumes 20W at 1.8GHz, and is accompanied by a 'Clean Computing Initiative' that aims to offset the chip's environmental cost. According to a LinuxDevices report, VIA has pledged that atmospheric carbon released during generation of the power needed to run the chip throughout its expected life-cycle will be offset by regional conservation, reforestation, and energy programs initiated or contributed to by VIA."

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I'm doing my part

[internetstruck]

I recently purchased an HP Slimline computer to reduce my consumption of electricity, so I can offset the massive carbon output of my H3 SUV. God I love the smell of gasoline in the morning! I think more people should be doing their part to purchase computers that aren't overpowering the electrical grid, because who really needs 128MB of RAM or 3GHz to check grannies email?

Re:I'm doing my part

[Abreu]

Man, to offset the carbon production of a Hummer SUV you need more than that... perhaps installing solar panels, or donating a lot of money to conservation efforts...

Damn, even then I wouldnt be sure... perhaps seven years of penance as a Franciscan brother might do the trick.

Re:I'm doing my part

[Afrosheen]

The H3 is awesome. It's the only vehicle in the world that, at a filling station, if left idling while pumping gas into it, it will never fill up.

Carbon chips

[gr8_phk]

I'm still waiting for chips made out of diamond semiconductor. It'll be hard to label them "carbon free" when they're made from the stuff.

They may be able to offset the carbon output...

[Bryansix]

but what are they doing to counteract all the hot air they keep expelling?

You need a better power supply

[wsanders]

It's the power supply not the CPU that makes the difference. My power supply separates the electrons made fomr non-renewable sources and returns those to the mains for the rest of the ignorant world to use, and then uses only the ones generated by renewable sources.

I also contribute to reforestation efforts in China - each $50 funds a slave laborer who can plant 100 trees a day as part of his "reeducation".

Carbon-free? What then? Nuclear?

[jgercken]

Myself I power my whole setup off a giant water wheel under my sink faucet. Sure I use 5000 gal of water a day but the energy savings to the environment is worth it.

Biggest element reducing power consumption?

[Trespass]

The fact that next to noone will use these chips.

Re:Very interesting

[Ana10g]

But, if you let the smoke out, it won't work anymore! I let the smoke out of a machine once, and without the smoke, it melted!