New and better ways of measuring high-tech energy consumption could lead to significant environmental and economic gains, an international study has found. The researchers completed the first systematic profile of microprocessors – the integrated computer chips that act as a central processing unit in electronic devices like smart phones, computers and giant data centres.
They say their findings could help lower the energy costs of electronic devices ranging from small mobile devices, supercomputers to massive server farms.
Dr Steve Blackburn, College of Engineering and Computer Science, ANU
IEEE Micro; http://news.anu.edu.au/?p=13521