The CPUas the central core of a device usually require a large amount of energy to operate, even those designs that are specifically designed to consume less would be offering a higher cost than the new architecture that the startup has presented. Efficient Computers. This new company dedicated to the research and development of low-consumption processors ensures that they will be able to bring to the market units that are 100 times more efficient than those currently available.
In the case of the processors low consumption, we can find that their use is extremely varied, since they can be used in a large number of solutions related to health devices, control of civil infrastructures, satellites, defense and security. That is why in these cases offering a device that consumes the least amount of energy possible is very important, taking into account that in some of the mentioned cases, the battery that a device of this style may have is not easily accessible.
Efficient Computers, the new low-power CPU company
In recent years we have seen how the technology sector in general has advanced by leaps and bounds, being one of the fastest evolving in the history of humanity, going from offering extremely simple devices to large systems in just a few years. that allow a large number of simultaneous functions to be performed. In this case, one of the advances that we could see in the coming years is the creation of extremely efficient processing units, which would allow us to use a wide variety of devices with low energy consumption that we had not seen until now.
This is thanks to the actions carried out by Efficient Computers, a startup that has received $16 million in funding to begin research and development of these new, more efficient processors. To achieve these actions, the company has developed its first chip, called “Monza”, which has an architecture that they have called “Fabric”, and which, according to what they indicate, is capable of offering 100 times greater efficiency than microcontroller units. (MCU) and 1000 times more efficient than GPUs.
What makes these processors the most efficient?
As indicated by the company, one of the things that allows this new architecture used in its processors to become the most efficient is the fact that it allows the capabilities of the traditional instruction set architecture (ISA) to be replaced. This means that it allows algorithms or specialized tasks to be executed more easily, making it much more efficient than a normal unit.
In this way, it is able to eliminate the overhead of instructions and allow efficient data flow, by doing this, it allows eliminating a large number of additional steps that occur in the CPU conventional, making the execution of a program much faster and easier. This is why we would not be surprised to see, if the project continues, how this company ends up positioning itself as the leading brand in the CPU of low consumption.
