Energy Efficient Computing

Abstract

The need for platforms with the right type of compute power and performance will continue to escalate over time. The capabilities that users expect of PCs are certain to accelerate as dramatically. The phenomenal growth in world data will continue to spur growth in the number of servers and data centers. Already total server numbers have increased approximately 150 times in less than a decade (1990s). At the same time, the demand for smaller, more powerful, more versatile mobile devices with longer battery lives will continue to grow - especially as the maturation of the wireless infrastructure and services will further fuel people's desire to carry their computing and communications devices with them wherever they go.