Intel Experimental Processor Runs On Solar Power

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday September 15, 2011 @12:12PM from the heliotropic-computing dept.

An anonymous reader writes "For the IDF keynote, Intel showed an experimental processor that is solar powered (incandescent light shining on a solar panel). The whole computer itself still runs on regular power; only the processor itself is solar. From the article: 'The concept processor, code-named Claremont, can run light workloads on solar power by dropping energy consumption to under 10 milliwatts, said Justin Rattner, chief technology officer at Intel, during a keynote address at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco. That is low enough to keep a chip running on a solar cell the size of a stamp.'"

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10mW chip running off 60W bulb by robot256 · 2011-09-15 12:17 · Score: 1, Troll

10mW cpu / 60W incandescent bulb = 0.16% efficient. Go green technology!
Re:But can it... by webmistressrachel · 2011-09-15 14:37 · Score: 0, Troll

The troll is talking to itself again...

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