Even though you increase single-computer power usage when consolidating, net power decreases as you take other systems offline.
We were also shown a Tegra single-board computer measuring no larger than a single small-outline DIMM like you'd find in a modern laptop, proof that this action can be scaled way down depending on the kinds of devices manufacturers are looking to make.
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Check out the possibilities, from the Raspberry Pi (a single-board computer) to littleBits (electronic Legos).
So why all the fuss about a humble, single-board computer?
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He and his colleagues have made a start on this at Army City, where they are creating a system that will swallow, digest and combine data from satellites, aircraft and ground-based sensors, aligning them in a single, computer-based model of the site.
However, the advantages for consumers of a single operating standard in the complex computer-software market is such that nobody seriously suggests that Microsoft's monopoly should be broken up.
OtherOS enabled the machine to run Linux, the alternative operating system to Microsoft Windows and Apple OS. Running Linux essentially turned the PS3 from a single-purpose gaming console into a desktop computer, which people could use to write programs.
The VAX remains the single most influential computer of all time--not just because of its pre-eminence among minis in the 1970s and 1980s, but because Ted Hoff so admired it that he used its architecture as the basis of the Intel 4004, the world's first microprocessor.
When Sony insisted that its single-sided disc was superior for personal computers, Matsushita came up with a single-sided, dual-layered disc that the Toshiba consortium immediately adopted for computer use. (Matsushita had been working on its own DVD format before joining forces with Toshiba.) At the Berlin Electronics Show last month, executives from Sony and Philips confirmed that they had resumed talks aborted earlier with the Toshiba alliance.
Whether you order in Roos' shop or at his own Web site, he can tap into an inventory of 35, 000 United Stationers products from more than 500 manufacturers--from a single Bic pen to a 325-pound fireproof safe, and all kinds of computer ware in between.
Some researchers believe that it will eventually be possible for a device that contains a single computer chip to analyse all the -omes.
At the Nasdaq OMX Group, a single technician sits in front of eight flat-panel computer screens in a quiet operations center, 51 stories above the World Trade Center construction site.
Best Buy said the TV softness was partially offset by a low double-digit comp stores increase in mobile phones, and a mid-single digit increase in mobile computing, as tablet computer sales were strong.
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It has enabled them to tighten their collective controls by pooling information in a single computer and by getting their customs police to co-operate.
Next is the camera's Multiple Exposure mode where users can combine up to nine individual images into a single composite image, with no need for later computer post-processing.
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Hence the single sign-on approach, in which either the user's computer or the Web site "remembers" passwords.
This may cause your card provider's computer algorithms to single you out as a prime cash-strapped candidate for a spending limit cut.
Spark Networks' phone reps are trained to work with all types, from jittery single parents who are dating for the first time since a divorce to computer-challenged seniors, to keep them optimistic and shelling out money.
This single work, made up of 53 low-lying pieces, was fashioned by a computer-directed machine extruding coils of cement.
One aspect of the new home router can help you eliminate it: The device has a built-in print server that allows more than one computer to share a single printer.
The company also saw a mid single-digit comp store sales decline in mobile computing due to a fall off notebook computer sales, in part reflecting a pick-up in tablet computer sales.
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Considering that, a few years ago, it was rare to get the computer time needed to do even a single geoengineering simulation with a state-of-the-art climate model, this investment of time and effort marks a big step forward.
Unlike other botnets, Storm has no single command-and-control point--it functions as a peer-to-peer system where any hijacked computer can give and receive commands.
Doubling your screen real estate is a great way of getting the most out of the information that your computer's giving you without having to switch back and forth between pages on a smaller, single-screen setup.
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