Rice-NTU Institute for Sustainable and Applied Infodynamics (ISAID) in collaboration with Switzerland’s Center for Electronics and Microtechnology (CSEM) has come up with a new way of designing microchips that will make them function at a faster pace and cut down both on space and energy consumption. The new design is called ‘pruning’ technique of microprocessors that will eliminate the use of unwanted and less used parts of the circuit.
By cutting down on the unwanted and wasted energy that generally is consumed by these microchips, the new technique does away with the parts of the integrated chip board. By bypassing these components, which play a major role in the output of the microchips, plenty of energy is taken out of the equation that normally only heats up these components.
This is what the makers of the new microchips with pruning technique say about the way they have eliminated use of excess energy. They slash power demands on microprocessors by allowing them to make mistakes a lot more often than before, but these mistakes are cleverly managed and the probability of errors worked out. By having a control on operations, excess energy consumption is reduced.
This also makes the new microprocessor twice as faster, smaller and more energy efficient than current versions. Obviously, any technology that reduces demand on energy sources is welcome, and hopefully these ‘pruned microprocessors’ will make their way into the commercial world soon.
Via: ScienceDaily
