Eventually, Intel hopes its chips crank at ten times the speed of current chips, but with one-tenth the power drain.

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Moreover, the battery is sized up in the latter, presumably to handle the higher power drain of the 1080p panel and the Core i5 processor.

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The team said the power drain of the heaters shouldn't effect battery life, either -- chips don't have to be heated often, and when they do, it can be done while prospective devices are recharging.

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Dedicated graphics aren't uncommon in laptops, but fully featured Windows 8 tablets are a brave new world -- most manufactures don't seem to be willing to risk the inevitable power drain the extra visual oomph demands.

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Additionally, the chip would reportedly "drain less power and be cheaper for handset makers than having two separate chips in their devices, " as both technologies would have one processor doing the work, resulting in a more efficient process.

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In New York City's Staten Island, at a tent shelter set up for superstorm victims still living without power, volunteers used tarps and a makeshift drain to keep the bad weather out.

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Cummins also cited a drain in North American demand for heavy duty trucks and power generators.

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The power demands of the chips that are currently used in mobile computers drain batteries quickly.

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