Adiabatic switching is the technology you're thinking of. There's been some research in this area, but I'm not aware of a working product. My suspicion is the silicon area requirements are too high. However with the current design nodes of 90nm and lower silicon area isn't as much of an issue with *some* designs as it used to be.
What bothers me about this is not that Google refuses to provide more earnings guidance, but that the investor are acting like little whiny bitches. Google told Wall Street this is exactly how they would run their company. I have no sympathy for anybody who bought Google stock expecting the company to act like the most other publicly traded company. If they don't like it they can sell the stock. Does everbody allready forget that Google told people not to expect regular earnings guidance BEFORE they went public? I'm not so sure Page and Brin car if the stock deflates all that much. The stock is over valued to begin with. But I guess in the end you can't fault wall street for trying. If they get Google to change they win. However if they don't, and Google holds strong then they just look like fools to me right now.
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What bothers me about this is not that Google refuses to provide more earnings guidance, but that the investor are acting like little whiny bitches. Google told Wall Street this is exactly how they would run their company. I have no sympathy for anybody who bought Google stock expecting the company to act like the most other publicly traded company. If they don't like it they can sell the stock. Does everbody allready forget that Google told people not to expect regular earnings guidance BEFORE they went public? I'm not so sure Page and Brin car if the stock deflates all that much. The stock is over valued to begin with. But I guess in the end you can't fault wall street for trying. If they get Google to change they win. However if they don't, and Google holds strong then they just look like fools to me right now.