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White Paper This note helps explain the differences between Watts and VA and explains how the terms are correctly and incorrectly used in specifying power protection equipment. [01 Oct 2009]
Guidelines for Specification of Data Center Power Density
White Paper Describing data center density using Watts / ft2 or Watts / m2 is not sufficient to determine power or cooling compatibility with high density computing loads like blade serversThis paper describes the... [01 Oct 2009]
Duncan Watts
AS Profile Columbia University sociology professor Duncan Watts is also principal research scientist at Yahoo! Watts has published a raft of papers and books on collective dynamics including Six Degrees: The... [29 Sep 2009]
Greater Mobility Through Lower Power
White Paper The Mobile Penryn family of processors offer mainstream performance at 25 watts (W) Thermal Design Power (TDP), 10 W less than previous-generation processors. Mobile Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) place great... [30 Aug 2009]
Intel D945GCLF2 Dual Core Mini-ITX Carputer Motherboard
White Paper It's estimated to use 4 watts under load while consuming milliwatts (thousandths of a watt) when idle. The Intel D945GCLF2, based on the Intel Atom, is finally released. One of the key features that caught the author's... [01 May 2009]
Brushless DC Motor Controller
White Paper Designed to drive 48-Volt brushless DC motors up to 1400 watts, this miniature controller may be the smallest in its class. This low cost, miniature, brushless DC motor controller packs enormous power into a tiny... [23 Mar 2009]
PC makers warming to OLPC's 'copy us' offer?
News Current products, he pointed out, lack three design features: low power equal to or below two watts; ruggedness and the ability to be repairable easily; and displays that are readable in the sun. Whitebox vendors in Asia... [02 Mar 2009]
High-Density Computing: A 240-Processor Beowulf in One Cubic Meter
White Paper The system has a footprint of 0.5 meter2 (6 square feet), a volume of 0.85 meter3 (30 cubic feet) and a measured power dissipation under load of 5200 watts (including network switches). This paper present result from... [03 Dec 2008]
Justin Rattner
AS Profile A notable achievement this year is Intel's low-power Atom family of chips, which run on between two and four watts of electricity. Intel CTO Justin Rattner caught the attention of the Agenda Setters panel for keeping... [07 Oct 2008]
Simon Ponsford
AS Profile Cranberry's flagship product the SC20 Smart Client, launched in September 2007, draws only 10 watts compared to the 175 watts consumed by conventional desktop computers, representing a 95 per cent... [07 Oct 2008]
All You Need to Know About Power Over Ethernet (PoE) and the IEEE 802.3af Standard
White Paper PoE delivers 48v of DC power over unshielded twisted-pair wiring for terminals consuming less than 13 watts of power. Power over Ethernet (also known as PoE) is a revolutionary technology that allows IP telephones,... [11 Sep 2008]
UK games industry needs to go back to uni
News Anthony Watts, a student at the University of Glamorgan who is doing a BSC (Hons) in Computer Games - one of Skillset's kitemarked courses - said students would welcome industry getting more involved in syllabus creation... [08 Jul 2008]
Intel's Atom cracks into PC World
News Intel's Atom processor is a new design of x86 chip, intended to provide desktop performance at a couple of watts. The UK computer-store chain PC World is claiming to be the first retail outlet in the country to offer a... [08 Jul 2008]
Photos: The new-look $100 laptop
Photo The new machine will further squeeze its power consumption, the original XO laptop consumes two to four watts, compared to 20 to 40 for a standard laptop, and the XO-2 will draw just one watt. A low cost PC to bring... [21 May 2008]
Watts and Volt-Amps: Powerful Confusion
White Paper This paper describes the differences between watts and volt-amps (VAs) and explains how the terms are correctly and incorrectly used in specifying power protection equipment. [18 Apr 2008]
