SuVolta gets $17.6M to make power sipping chips

GigaOM (Jan 5 2012) Construction , Servers

1. Apparently, I’m not the only one who thought SuVolta is a great example of the future of chip tech. Bright Capital, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, August Capital, New Enterprise Associates, Northgate Capital and DAG Ventures all have contributed to a $17.6 million funding round in the company, which doesn’t exactly design chips but has come up with a novel way to design transistors in a way that makes them use less power. Chips made using its technique have recently run at full speed but consumed half the power of their counterparts that use traditional transistors. This isn’t just a concern of a crazy startup; Intel recently unveiled a new process technology using 3-D transistors that is designed to save on power by helping chips continue to get smaller. (Read Full Article)

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