Researchers Design Microchip Ten Times More Efficient

WirePosted writes to mention that a new highly efficient microchip has been announced by researchers from MIT and Texas Instruments. The new chip touts up to 10 times more energy efficiency than current generation chips. "One key to the new chip design, Chandrakasan says, was to build a high-efficiency DC-to-DC converter--which reduces the voltage to the lower level--right on the same chip, reducing the number of separate components. The redesigned memory and logic, along with the DC-to-DC converter, are all integrated to realize a complete system-on-a-chip solution."

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Re:Heh.

[WindBourne]

While MS is expanding, the question is how much of their research did the United States Gov (or any other western nation) fund? Well, Gates has stolen a lot of tech, but he steals from all over. In the end, the answer is that little is paid for by American or EU nations. But on the hardware side, that is a very different matter. We fund a great deal of HP, Suns, Intels', AMDs, etc. work. Then we allow the real money to go overseas. It is bad enough that boards are built over there. But now chips are going. Hell, if we are going to do this, then I think that we ought to just ship our Tank, Ships, lasers and even nuke building on over to China. Heck, we could go even lower costs and ship all that to Iran or even North Korea.