Thursday, 24 March 2011

Pruning Microchips for Faster Greener Dumber Computers

Researchers have trimmed away little-used circuits on microchips to improve energy efficiency and computing speed by sacrificing accuracy.

One of the first planned applications of the pruned microchips will be in hearing aids.

Source:
http://www.greenbiz.com/news/2011/03/23/pruning-down-microchips-makes-faster-greener-computers

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