A 3D microchip being designed by an EU-funded project could...
A 3D microchip being designed by an EU-funded project could slash the electricity and installation costs of servers in cloud computing centers, the European Commission said Wednesday. Cloud data centers can consume the same amount of electricity as 40,000 homes,…
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but they're essential because they enable cloud services such as Facebook, mobile apps and business customer databases, it said. The Eurocloud project has adapted low-power microprocessor technologies generally used in mobile phones to work on a larger scale, it said. Preliminary measurements show these technologies reduce power needs by 90 percent compared to conventional servers, it said. That could make data center investment affordable for more European companies, grow a new industry, and save customers of data centers billions of euros, it said. The EC will unveil an overall cloud computing strategy Thursday.