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HP rolls out energy-efficient PCs
News The agency's Energy Star 4.0 regulations, which go into effect on 20 July, 2007, require, among other things, that a PC's power supply converts 80 percent of incoming electricity into usable computer power in order to be declared energy efficient.
[March 12, 2007, 17:16]
Congress backs energy-efficient servers
News Congress wants Americans to buy more energy-efficient computer servers. HP said in an email message to ZDNet UK’s sister site, CNET News.com: "HP's innovative leadership in energy research over the past 12 years has led to its holistic Power and...
[July 14, 2006, 10:20]
AMD unveils line of energy-efficient chips
News AMD has begun to market a line of energy-efficient desktop processors based on models the chipmaker already sells. Current AMD desktop chips can consume a maximum 89 watts or more; the energy-efficient desktop chips will consume a maximum 35 to 65...
[May 16, 2006, 8:50]
Texas Instruments to launch energy-efficient chips
News Late next year, the chip will be available in a greater number of energy-efficient appliances and solar panels, with individual microinverters that convert direct current to household electricity, said Texas Instruments marketing manager Keith...
[September 8, 2008, 11:38]
Photos: Via launches energy-efficient PC
News Taiwanese chipmaker Via has partnered with South African hardware maker Mecer on an energy-efficient PC aimed at schools in the developing world. The Mecer Education PC is powered by the energy-efficient 1.5GHz Via C7-D desktop processor, which...
[July 10, 2007, 17:41]
Dell announces premium energy-efficient servers
News Dell on Monday announced a premium "Energy Smart" line of servers that consume less power than regular models, becoming the latest company to jump aboard the energy-efficiency bandwagon. You can expect to see the Energy Smart brand and technology...
[December 5, 2006, 9:13]
Making data centres more energy efficient
News At the AlwaysOn GoingGreen conference last week in California, panel moderator Andrew Hargadon, of the University of California at Davis, leads a discussion with executives on how new technologies and better engineering will make the data centre...
[September 21, 2007, 13:35]
Juniper announces energy-efficient core router
News Juniper Networks on Monday launched the TX Matrix Plus, a virtualising routing system that the company claims is one of the most efficient on the market. The company claims it can lower the total cost of ownership of networks as it can process up...
[February 5, 2009, 12:40]
BT fixed-line phones get greener
News BT has claimed that 90 percent of its fixed-line handsets will be more energy-efficient by the second half of this year. BT has claimed that replacing all the existing phones it sells with more energy-efficient equivalents will cut CO2 emissions by...
[January 21, 2008, 12:07]
Intel debuts low-cost Itanium 2 chips
News Intel on Monday is to launch two new Itanium 2 chips, including an energy-efficient chip for blade servers and workstations that is priced to reach a mass market. Although pricing will not be revealed until later on Monday, the energy-efficient...
[September 8, 2003, 8:40]
Transmeta server sellers call it a day
News Two start-ups that hoped to popularise skinny, energy-efficient servers using Transmeta Crusoe processors are throwing in the towel. By being more energy efficient, more servers also can be crammed into a finite space.
[September 27, 2001, 8:54]
PC World plans 'green' Vista PC
News Retailer PC World claims that it is working on the world's most energy-efficient and environmentally friendly PC, based partly on recycled components. On Tuesday, the high street chain announced that it is planning to develop a sustainable PC that...
[February 21, 2007, 9:22]
PC firms boost battery life via power-efficient parts
News Battery technology is not advancing fast enough to satisfy the portable energy needs of enterprise laptop users, but the industry is making headway in making components more power-efficient, analysts have said.
[September 15, 2008, 11:29]
AMD claims power saving in updated Shanghai
News AMD on Monday updated its line of 45nm quad-core Opteron processors with five new energy-efficient models aimed at helping datacentre managers cut back on power costs. The five energy-efficient processors are designated 'HE', and cost from $316...
[January 26, 2009, 16:05]
Green supercomputer unveiled in Edinburgh
News A supercomputer 10 times more energy efficient and up to 300 times faster than its traditional equivalents has been unveiled in Edinburgh. Its Scottish developers believe Maxwell represents a new generation of compact and energy-efficient computers.
[March 21, 2007, 9:22]
Efficient servers may get 'Energy Star'
News The US Environmental Protection Agency gives its Energy Star certification to energy-efficient refrigerators, DVD players, windows, air conditioners and light bulbs. But the certification isn't a foregone conclusion: "In the coming months, EPA will...
[January 2, 2007, 7:41]
Lenovo unveils its smallest desktop PC yet
News Lenovo has unveiled its smallest and most energy-efficient desktop yet. Lenovo is committed to providing an extensive menu of environmentally responsible, energy-efficient technology choices, and the ThinkCentre A61e desktop is our signature item...
[September 13, 2007, 16:52]
Father of energy efficiency to get Fermi Award
News Art Rosenfeld, a physicist who helped jump-start the push for energy-efficient appliances and homes, will receive the Fermi Award from the US government next week. The tax can be coupled with incentive payments to owners of energy efficient cars.
[June 14, 2006, 10:30]
Bush poised to sign clean-tech bill
News President Bush is poised to sign into law a bill that urges Americans to buy more energy-efficient computer servers. The law would also instruct the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct a study analysing the state of the art of data centres...
[December 11, 2006, 8:01]
Google to make clean energy cheaper than coal
News The company has hundreds of people dedicated to making its computing infrastructure more energy efficient, and it founded the Climate Savers Computing Initiative to make computer components more energy efficient.
[November 28, 2007, 7:33]
