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Google Calls For Power Supply Design Changes

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the reality-would-you-mind-shifting-a-bit-for-us dept.

Raindance writes "The New York Times reports that Google is calling 'for a shift from multivoltage power supplies to a single 12-volt standard. Although voltage conversion would still take place on the PC motherboard, the simpler design of the new power supply would make it easier to achieve higher overall efficiencies ... The Google white paper argues that the opportunity for power savings is immense — by deploying the new power supplies in 100 million desktop PC's running eight hours a day, it will be possible to save 40 billion kilowatt-hours over three years, or more than $5 billion at California's energy rates.' This may have something to do with the electricity bill for Google's estimated 450,000 servers."

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  1. Big ego department by ClosedSource · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    So now Google thinks it's an expert in Electrical Engineering. What next, medical advice?

  2. Re:Too many HAMMERS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I am sick and tired of all the different kinds of hand tools! I must have about 20 different tools e.g. Screwdrivers, Hammers, Jig-saw, Pliers, Wrenches etc etc and none of them are interchangeable. I have to stick labels on them to remind me which is which.

    Why can't we just have one universal hand tool, say, the Hammer. Then we can pretend that EVERY problem looks like a Nail! Surely with modern construction techniques and a large dose of stupidity, this sort of thing is pretty easy to do.