What is energy consumption?
| The amount of power needed to make something happen or work. Alternatively, the amount of energy consumed in the form in which it is acquired by the user. |
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| 2010-11-19 | Smart energy drives 802.15.4, Zigbee markets Smart energy is now gaining ground as the largest volume growth opportunity for 802.15.4 and Zigbee, boosting forecasts of chip and module shipments to exceed three quarters of a billion units by 2014, according to In-Stat. |
| 2013-01-04 | Smart embedded MCUs help attain energy efficiency Read about a new generation of microcontrollers paving the way for the creation of new types of energy efficient products. |
| 2007-08-23 | Singapore launches clean energy testing program Singapore has launched a program to turn the island-state into a 'field laboratory' where clean energy technologies can be tested and integrated before commercialization and export. |
| 2007-11-05 | Singapore allocates fund for clean energy research The Singapore government has earmarked S$50 million over the next five years to fund research on clean energy such as solar power. |
| 2011-10-28 | Simulator pilots data center energy use control Fujitsu Laboratories' simulation technology can instantly test for changes in power consumption to test the effectiveness of energy-saving measures. |
| 2014-02-24 | Silicone harvester supplies trickles of energy Introduced by the wearer's movement, a conductor inside the silicon produces as much as 40mV through a magnetic field. |
| 2013-06-11 | Silicon Labs pursues IoT with Energy Micro Silicon Laboratories convinced serial entrepreneur Geir Forre to turn over his microcontroller start-up for up to $170 million as both companies make a play for the Internet of Things market. |
| 2012-09-12 | Silicon carbide devices boast increased energy yield ST's solar power solutions can switch rapidly between conducting and non-conducting states without suffering the reverse recovery current that occurs when switching bipolar diodes. |
| 2011-06-01 | Short-term challenges in the energy harvesting market According to the IDTechEx journal, there has been an enormous amount of energy harvesting technologies being developed, as well as developments for battery and low power electronics. |
| 2014-10-27 | Sensor hub enables energy-efficient smartphones, wearables While the main processor is not working, the Sensor Hub with its "Always on" function constantly receives signals from the sensor and buffer them. |
| 2012-01-18 | Semiconductors and the world's energy crisis The dramatic increase in the number of people around the world using power and the number of power-hungry devices we use calls for a big change in the world's approach to electrical power. |
| 2009-08-07 | Saving energy: Little things mean a lot This article shows how Maxim devices can help designers reduce the power budget of typical systems. |
| 2008-05-01 | Save energy with next generation IGBTs For industrial applications, with state-of the art inverters, special optimized types of power semiconductors are needed. The new 1200V IGBT4 generation combined with improved emitter control diodes from Infineon provides three optimized chip versions for low, medium and high power IGBT modules that are designed for the needs of modern inverter concepts for different applications. |
| 2003-11-07 | SatCon to develop photovoltaic inverter for the U.S. Department of Energy SatCon Technology Corp., a developer and manufacturer of electronic power control systems, has received a $1 million contract award from the U.S. Department of Energy. |
| 2009-11-09 | Sanyo wants slice of energy solutions market Sanyo will provide smart energy systems that will use less energy while cutting CO2 emissions. |
| 2013-10-17 | Rising trend in technology patents for renewable energy The study from MIT and SFI shows that investments in research and development, as well as in the growth of markets for renewable energy, have helped to spur the dramatic growth in innovation. |
| 2013-01-28 | Resistors offer 2-7W, 1-330 energy ratings The devices from TT electronics are aimed at designers of power supplies requiring a line input resistor for inrush limiting and protection. |
| 2006-04-04 | Resistors handle higher energy for surge protection Ohmite said the TFS series thick-film resistors absorb much more energy compared to standard film resistors, making them suitable for medical surge protection applications. |
| 2011-09-05 | Researchers to develop battery-less, energy-efficient CPUs A total worth of $1.75 million grants was awarded to a team of researchers in VCU to create an energy-harnessing computer processor. |
| 2014-01-02 | Researchers offer low-cost PV device with high energy efficiency The solar cell developed by the researchers of the ICMol consists of a thin perovskite film sandwiched in between two very thin organic semiconductors. |
| 2013-09-04 | Researchers harness solar energy for sensor nodes A team of researchers from Fraunhofer IMS has found a way to power sensors based on Sol Chip IP targeted at agricultural applications. |
| 2011-10-07 | Researchers develop foldable energy storage A recently invented energy storage membrane from NUSNNI outperforms rechargeable batteries and supercapacitors. |
| 2009-01-08 | Researchers develop energy-harvesting RFICs for Mars Kansas State University is developing a single-chip microtransceiver that can be used in energy harvesting radio technology targeted for future Mars missions. |
| 2014-01-06 | Researchers develop energy efficient thin-film heating tool A team from Fraunhofer Institute for Mechanics of Materials created a tempering technique that, depending on the product, is up to 90 percent more energy efficient than other known techniques. |
| 2013-02-27 | Research targets highly energy-efficient CMOS logic systems Tokyo Institute of Technology researchers proposed a new architecture of power-gating using non-volatile SRAM and non-volatile FF circuits called non-volatile power-gating for high performance systems. |
| 2011-06-29 | Research center targets home energy conservation GreenWave Reality collaborates with Swinburne University to create an Energy Management Research Center in Melbourne, Australia that aims to advance home energy conservation. |
| 2011-08-25 | Research aims to harness human motion energy Energy harvesting technologies takes on human mechanical energy to power portable devices. |
| 2009-05-18 | Report: SSD energy savings could power a country The use of solid-state drives (SSDs) could allow the data centers to trim their cumulative electricity consumption by 166,643MWH from 2008 to 2013, according to iSuppli Corp. |
| 2011-05-03 | Report: Solar industry to increase energy system by 2016 A report conducted by NanoMarkets shows the market for energy storage in the solar power industry by $953 million in 2016, rising to $1.5 billion in 2018. |
| 2012-06-05 | Rensselaer energy program fosters industry tie ups Students accepted into the competitive program will be paired with a sponsor company to work on an energy-related research project for a full academic year. |
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