Tag Archives: Energy Efficiency

How Green Is Your MCU?

Posted on April 27, 2011 by John Donovan

With energy efficient, ‘green’ designs devices being all the rage, embedded developers need to be asking semiconductor vendors, “How green is your MCU?” (OK, so it’s black. Work with me here.) Ever since Intel hit the Power Wall in 2004—when … Continue reading →

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Ultra Low Power Electronics in the Next Decade

Posted on August 19, 2010 by John Donovan

As a TI Fellow and director of TI’s Kilby Research Labs, Ajith Amerasekera’s job is to predict the future and plot a roadmap to it. His keynote at day two of the low-power electronics show (ISLPED) in Austin—“Ultra Low Power … Continue reading →

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For Energy Efficiency, Forget Accuracy

Posted on August 18, 2010 by John Donovan

U.C. Berkeley professor Jan Rabaey kicked off the 2010 International Symposium on Low-Power Electronics and Design (ISLPED) today in Austin with a challenge to programmers, hardware designers and their EDA tool providers: The deterministic Turing model has hit the power … Continue reading →

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Low-Power Design Has a High-Power Payoff

Posted on September 20, 2009 by John Donovan

The New York Times ran a story this morning that speaks directly to engineers involved in low-power design: Plugged-In Age Feeds a Hunger for Electricity. The message and the challenge are clear: “Electricity use from power-hungry gadgets is rising fast … Continue reading →

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