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DARPA Targets Computing's Achilles Heel: Power

Posted by timothy on from the never-a-good-time-to-buy-a-computer dept.

coondoggie writes "The power required to increase computing performance, especially in embedded or sensor systems has become a serious constraint and is restricting the potential of future systems. Technologists from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency are looking for an ambitious answer to the problem and will next month detail a new program it expects will develop power technologies that could bolster system power output from today's 1 GFLOPS/watt to 75 GFLOPS/watt."

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  1. Re:let me answer that with a question by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    No, the problem is getting hold of raw materials for batteries. Mobile computing is on the rise and the west doesn't want to be too dependent on foreign mineral deposits. More efficient computers = smaller batteries = smaller amounts of lithium etc needed.