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New PlayStation 5 hardware revision loses weight, cuts on energy consumption

TechSpot

A few days ago, a new hardware model of the 9th-gen gaming machine hit retailers in Australia, the second revision to arrive on the market after the console's initial. A new high-end controller and increased retail price are not the only recent changes Sony is making to the PlayStation 5.

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Forr The Planet: Sustainability Interview Series — Mary de Wysocki, Chief Sustainability Officer at Cisco

Forrester IT

According to the International Energy Agency, data transmission networks consumed 260–340 TWh (terawatt-hours) in 2021, or 1.1–1.4% Sustainability efforts in telecommunications have to span efforts in hardware as well as software; they […] of global electricity use.

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Intel is designing new hardware with immersion cooling in mind

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to 2% of the world's energy and could be consuming as much as 13% within ten years. Around half of that energy is used by the computers themselves and 25% to 40% is used by air conditioning, says the US Department of Energy. According to two estimates from 2020, data centers consume anywhere from 1.5%

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How do you capture the ocean’s energy? Peek under the hood of a startup’s ‘anti-boat’ power device

GeekWire

Oscilla Photo) Oscilla Power , a startup developing devices that capture wave energy to produce electricity, has ocean-sized ambitions. There are no land-based energy systems to borrow from and adapt to the sea. Navy Wave Energy Test Site. A fiberglass cover will protect the hardware. Oscilla has raised $7.5 In the U.S.,

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From edge to cloud: The critical role of hardware in AI applications

CIO Business Intelligence

All this has a tremendous impact on the digital value chain and the semiconductor hardware market that cannot be overlooked. Hardware innovations become imperative to sustain this revolution. So what does it take on the hardware side? For us, the AI hardware needs are in the continuum of what we do every day.

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Responding To Today’s Global Uncertainty With Sustainability

Forrester IT

As I wrote at the time: “Energy prices are scary. Hardware upgrades are expensive, slow, and painful. Last year, a number of Forrester analysts discussed how manufacturers are responding to the challenges their industry faces right now. Supply chain disruptions are scary. Workforce modernization and empowerment are hard.

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Apple Watch Series 9 brings higher performance and energy efficiency starting at $249

TechSpot

From a hardware perspective, the Apple Watch got a new, more powerful chip called the S9 SiP (system in package). The S9 is an upgrade to the Series 8's S8 SiP, allowing it to perform faster and handle more complicated AI tasks. However, this is behind-the-scenes stuff that most users. Read Entire Article

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