According to NEC, that'll let them "cut dissipation for digital consumer electronics in the standby mode to just a few percent of what it is now, " and at no expense of convenience.

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Thankfully, the power button on the remote puts the player in a standby mode so it will play nicely in a remote location via IR extenders.

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But he looked ahead toward the Haswell generation of Intel Architecture, which will come out in 22nm after Ivy Bridge, as the point at which Intel and its partners will be able to offer devices that can remain in standby mode, but still connected to the Internet (to receive, for example, phone calls or alerts) for 10 days without a recharge.

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California and the European Union have set limits on how much power appliances can consume in standby mode.

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The standard, as defined by the Department of Energy's Energy Star program, means the chargers will consume about 50% less energy than their predecessors when in standby mode.

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However, improving the performance of SRAM to match advances in mobile products results in increasing current leakage, both during operation and in standby mode, degrading power performance.

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