Energy Efficient Programming In my most recent job I was looking
at energy efficient computing, which is a big deal in mobile
computing. Everyone wants their tablet or phone or notebook to
run as long as possible on a single charge of the battery.
Efficient use of energy is also becoming a really big deal in
cloud computing with all those processors sitting in a data
center (supporting mobile computing users) and technical
computing centers where larger and larger clusters are assembled
on the road to Exascale computations. One notable alternative
energy source is the supercomputer in the Advania Thor Data
Center in Iceland, which uses hydro- and geothermal energy that
is relatively cheap. (I wonder if they simply open a window to
cool down the data center machines.) - IDC Analyst Connection:
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