by Bob Brown
While outside in my neck of the Northeast green lawns have turned brown (except where homeowners’ automated sprinklers work overtime), it seems everywhere I turn at work things are greener than ever.

IDG News Service reports that chip makes are reading the components needed to build dual-core smartphones designed to handle more demanding apps without resorting to single-chip development techniques that would be less energy efficient than going with a dual-core design.

Both multicore processors and mobile devices are among the topics at the ongoing International Green Computing Conference in Chicago this week. This is a gathering of experts on making computers more energy efficient. Sessions focus on everything from cloud computing to data centers to embedded systems. Lennart Johnsson, a University of Houston professor and champion of green computing, gave the keynote address. He recently worked with AMD and Supermicro to develop an energy-efficient Supermicro blade for high-performance computers.

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