Energy cost savings could be substantially realized once the lower power-consuming power supplies became available.
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In particular, E Source identified the 10 largest power-drawing plug loads while in active mode and the five largest energy-consuming plug loads over the course of an entire year.
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"There is almost no regulation concerning water or power use, no minimum standards for water-consuming appliances ... and very few energy requirements for buildings, " he laments.
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Most of the coal is used to generate electricity, with UK power stations consuming some 53.2 million tonnes in 2003 - the highest since 1996.
The less-powerful cores take charge during routine functions, consuming less power and extending battery life.
By contrast, early attempts to build adaptable, Sandbridge-style chips--which use so-called software-defined radio--have foundered, running more slowly and consuming too much power.
These major nodes are not only critical to the nation's power-grid and telecommunications capability, but would be extremely difficult and time consuming to rebuild or repair.
What's more, thanks to improvements in Trinity's design -- specifically in its tweaked Piledriver cores -- it was able to deliver this extra computing grunt while consuming less power.
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The most compelling remains Pixel Qi -- a hybrid LCD technology that can be switched from a standard, full-color LCD backlit mode to a Kindle-like monochromatic reflective mode viewable in direct sunlight (while consuming 80% less power than standard LCDs).
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