Justin Rattner of Intel writest, “Voltage and power reductions in our products come from a broad engagement between process, design and architecture. For our latest 45nm products, the careful design of the SRAM cell and our invention of high-k metal gate transistors were key contributors to reducing minimum voltages.” Previously, he wrote about the Climate Savers Computing Initiative and our research to achieve efficiency gains at the platform level.
Beyond energy efficient design lays the notion of powering our processors and chipsets over a much wider range of voltages. In this article, he shares some important research they have underway that may lead to dramatic improvements in the dynamic operating range of our products.
