Green Computing
CMOS Fuel Cells?
With a lifetime of about one year at nominal load in the triple-digit microwatt range, the device could eventually power smart autonomous systems in applications where no conventional power source is available.
gOS - Lightweight Ubuntu for Netbooks
Recently we have been seeing a lot of netbook and netPC vendors adapt various light-weight versions of different Linux distributions for use as the Netbook OS. gOS provides a very good alternative for Windows CE and Symbian. It can do much more than these operating systems. Everex and Sylvania have come up with the most prominent products that make use of this cute little OS.
TreeMark™ Tree Rating - A fresh perspective to green computing
Centaur semiconductors have come up with a very interesting way of evaluating the energy efficiency of micoprocessor products. It is called the TreeMark™ Tree Rating. Centaur defines it as “The number of trees that need to be planted to counter the amount of carbon dioxide created as a by-product of the electricity generated to power the processor over its operational lifetime”.