Low Voltage Is Key To Energy-Efficient Chip
posted on 06 Feb 2008 10:36 by makumekLow Voltage Is Key To Energy-Efficient Chip
Posted by
kdawson
on Tuesday February 05, @06:15PM
from the breaking-the-barrier dept.
from the breaking-the-barrier dept.
An anonymous reader writes in with news from the International Solid State Circuits Conference in San Francisco of a new energy-efficient chip
designed by researchers at MIT. It's said to be able to run on 1/10 the
power of current chips. Texas Instruments worked with MIT on the
design, which is maybe five years from production. "The key to the
chip's improved energy efficiency lies in making it work at a reduced
voltage level, according to... a member of the chip design project
team. Most of the mobile processors today operate at about 1 volt. The
requirement for MIT's new design, however, drops to 0.3 volts."
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