Low Voltage Is Key To Energy-Efficient Chip

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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All well and good

[WiglyWorm]

But how well does it overclock?

in other news, high MPG key to better gas mileage

[pezpunk]

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

Perhaps John Madden Is Submitting Stories?

[eldavojohn]

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!