Intel Gets Serious With Solar-powered CPU Tech

Posted by samzenpus on Sunday February 19, 2012 @01:05PM from the time-in-the-sun dept.

angry tapir writes "Intel's experimental solar-powered processor may have started off as a fun project, but the chip maker is now looking to extend the technology to hardware such as graphics processors, memory and floating point units. Intel last year showed the low-power processor — charged only by the light from a reading lamp — running Windows and Linux PCs. Intel is expected to share further details about the processor, which is code-named Claremont, at the International Solid-State Circuits Conference in San Francisco. The company is also expected to reveal information about efforts to integrate wireless capabilities into Atom chips for mobile devices."

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Re:It's a Race by jamesjw · 2012-02-19 13:38 · Score: 4, Funny

In regards to your second statement regarding noise pollution, I believe AC/DC found an alternative to this issue, they formulated in the 1970's that Rock And Roll was not Noise Pollution and was sustainable indefinitely (Aint gonna die.) :)

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Re:Interesting, but... by Kell+Bengal · 2012-02-19 15:09 · Score: 4, Funny

Imagine CPUs that run at 1.1V... you could power them with a potato!

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Re:Interesting, but... by mmmbeer · 2012-02-19 15:31 · Score: 3, Funny

At Wheatley Laboratories, CPU *is* potato!