ARM Designer Steve Furber On Energy-Efficient Computing

Posted by timothy on Thursday February 25, 2010 @09:38AM from the tell-us-how-it's-done dept.

ChelleChelle writes "By now, it has become evident that we are facing an energy problem — while our primary sources of energy are running out, the demand for energy is greatly increasing. In the face of this issue, energy-efficient computing has become a hot topic. For those looking for lessons, who better to ask then Steve Furber, the principal designer of the ARM (Acorn RISC Machine), a prime example of a chip that is simple, low power, and low cost. In this interview, conducted by David Brown of Sun's Solaris Engineering Group, Furber shares some of the lessons and tips on energy-efficient computing that he has learned through working on this and subsequent projects."

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Re:Energy Efficient Tips by ColdWetDog · 2010-02-25 11:52 · Score: 0, Offtopic

When did uptime become 'geek gas mileage'? I really have to read more articles on /.

It would be understandable if we were talking about penile uptime, but computer uptime just doesn't do much for me.

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Re:Energy running out by h4rr4r · 2010-02-25 13:14 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Fun fact for you mr retard, those "dot heads" are Caucasian just like you.