I have an article up at ECN Magazine about some new innovations in chip design that look to reduce power requirements by a factor of twenty to one hundred for a given level of computing power. There is an example of this chip in production that can do over 90 Billion Instructions Per Second (BIPS) for a power cost of just a little over six tenths of a watt. Compare that to your current desktop or laptop machine.
It was invented by Chuck Moore of FORTH fame.
Details and links can be found at ECN.
Cross Posted at Power and Control
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You have to get the power down to get the size down, and you have to get the size down to get the speed up.