AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 20 – The first systematic power profiles of microprocessors could help lower the energy consumption of both small cell phones and giant data centers, report computer science professors from The University of Texas at Austin and the Australian National University. Their results may point the way to how companies like Google, Apple, Intel ...Read More
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Public release date: 20-Jan-2012[ | E-mail | Share ] Contact: Daniel Oppenheimeroppenheimer@austin.utexas.edu512-745-3353University of Texas at Austin Computer scientists conduct the first systematic power profiles of microprocessors AUSTIN, Texas � The first systematic power profiles of microprocessors could help lower the energy consumption of both small cell phones and giant data centers, report computer science professors ...Read More