Looking at it from the application view, software defined power is the answer since it abstracts the application from power dependencies by allowing it to move between data centers.

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This software is compatible with all application processors and can be optimized for power consumption and increased performance via custom hardware blocks, such as the DOC advanced hardware image processing (AHIP) embedded in Fujitsu's discrete image signal processors (ISPs).

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Third, we need more responsive storage system software that provides the lowest cost (and hopefully lower overall power load) for an application.

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