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Low Voltage Is Key To Energy-Efficient Chip

Posted by kdawson on from the breaking-the-barrier dept.

An anonymous reader writes in with news from the International Solid State Circuits Conference in San Francisco of a new energy-efficient chip designed by researchers at MIT. It's said to be able to run on 1/10 the power of current chips. Texas Instruments worked with MIT on the design, which is maybe five years from production. "The key to the chip's improved energy efficiency lies in making it work at a reduced voltage level, according to... a member of the chip design project team. Most of the mobile processors today operate at about 1 volt. The requirement for MIT's new design, however, drops to 0.3 volts."

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  1. All well and good by WiglyWorm · · Score: 5, Funny

    But how well does it overclock?

    1. Re:All well and good by ccarson · · Score: 0, Funny

      Exactly! And can it run while submerged in beer?

  2. in other news, high MPG key to better gas mileage by pezpunk · · Score: 5, Funny

    aparently from the Bureau of Slowly and Painfully Working Out The Obivous.

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  3. Perhaps John Madden Is Submitting Stories? by eldavojohn · · Score: 5, Funny

    aparently from the Bureau of Slowly and Painfully Working Out The Obivous. Either that or John Madden is writing headlines for Slashdot. Can he really top this gem?

    "Hey, the offensive linemen are the biggest guys on the field, they're bigger than everybody else, and that's what makes them the biggest guys on the field." - John Madden And, as it turns out, yes you can. The key to being energy efficient is using less energy!
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  4. Wow! by StaticEngine · · Score: 3, Funny

    If they can just get this thing down to zero volts, this chip will run forever!

    1. Re:Wow! by ChrisMP1 · · Score: 3, Funny

      0V processor

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    2. Re:Wow! by ichigo+2.0 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Nevermind that, they need to get it down to negative voltages, then all our energy problems would be solved!

  5. Re:How can that work? by Waffle+Iron · · Score: 3, Funny

    FETs are much more expensive

    You need to buy them in bulk. For example, Intel will sell you about 500 million FETs for only $200.

  6. Don't fuck with the boys from MIT, they can kick by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny



    don't fuck with the boys from MIT

    they can kick your ass using nothing but their brain waves from their slightly downturned head and funneled through their fingertips

    laughing now, who is

  7. Re:How can that work? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    In Spainium the voltage is 2.3, because we are not that efficient.