The Israelis showed with the Centrino mobile platform what a success a lower-power chip could be.
The company's thanking the continued adoption of its low-power chip designs, encompassing smartphones, mobile computing and even digital TVs and wearable tech.
On the hardware side, Intel (nasdaq: INTC - news - people ) plans to deliver the first lightweight, low-power chip that will enable laptops to access WiMax networks.
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In the meantime Chavez and his allies will do anything in their power to chip away at U. S. interests.
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The chip offers the processing power of second-generation Pentium M processors, with the power consumption of a cellphone chip.
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In particular, reducing the power demands of a chip design philosophy traditionally attached to large batteries or power supplies has been a challenge.
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As Moore's Law (computing power of a chip doubles every 18 months) continues to unfold and as bandwidth capacity continues to explode, just-turn-on-the-switch, easy-to-use high-tech appliances for specific functions will proliferate.
Two published reports assert that Compaq found no significant advantage from the Crusoe, compared with Intel 's (nasdaq: INTC - news - people) new low-power Pentium III chip.
If built cleverly, they permit the chip designer to pack more computing power into a small space without causing the chip to misfire.
The single chip reduces power consumption by about 20% during both communication and stand-by, as well as decreases the production cost for mobile devices.
Transmeta's biggest weapon against Intel is its technology, which uses software to take some of the power demands off the chip and automatically adjusts performance to the requirements of particular applications.
This modeled application of an STT-MRAM integrating the memory as cache memory and recorded a two-thirds reduction in power consumption by a standard mobile chip set carrying out standard operating functions, a result confirming that the new MRAM element has the lowest power consumption yet achieved.
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The chip, which requires no power, works like this: Up to four megabits of data are put into the chip by touching the dot with an encased coil about the width of a pencil eraser.
Putting in another chip and a power supply for it would make the phone too bulky and expensive.
If micromachinery is to play the role enthusiasts predict, frugal chip-sized power sources are going to be needed in large quantities.
For example, when coupled with Freescale's new Power Management Integrated Circuits (PMICs), the standby power for the newest Atom chip is 98% lower than the original.
The QCA1990 is the industry's smallest, ultra-low power system-on-chip (SoC) with an overall footprint that is 50 percent smaller than current NFC chips available in the market.
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When performing general word processing tasks or surfing the Internet, it automatically cuts to the power-sipping integrated graphics chip mode, striking the ideal balance between performance and battery life.
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Intel uses its manufacturing prowess to skinny the mighty x86 designs its customers build into the world's PCs into a chip that can power a gizmo the size of Apple's iPhone.
Because the power consumption of a CMOS chip is so much lower to start with, full-frame sensors can be made that run cool, generate less noise and offer longer battery life.
The new low power system-on-chip (SoC) enables high definition (HD) video to be simultaneously watched on smartphones, tablets and other smart devices, in real time, while also shared with consumer devices such as a Smart TV.
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But he notes that any blue chip stock with staying power makes a good DRIP candidate.
Special Forces teams, ANA (Afghan National Army) units, the Karzai-appointed provincial governor, and the new police chief all conspired to chip away at his power.
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