Using Analog to Reduce Mobile Power Usage.

The article reports on the mobile processor designed by Benjamin Vigoda which replaces digital and analog circuits in chips with programmable analog circuits. Vigoda, a research scientist at Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories and a research affiliate in the Massachusetts Institute of Technolo...

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Publicado en:Computer (00189162) Vol. 39; no. 8; p. 27
Autor principal: Paulson, Linda Dailey
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: IEEE Aug2006
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Sumario:The article reports on the mobile processor designed by Benjamin Vigoda which replaces digital and analog circuits in chips with programmable analog circuits. Vigoda, a research scientist at Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories and a research affiliate in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Laboratory, developed this processor to reduce the power usage of mobile devices and increase their flexibility to enable them to use bandwidth more efficiently. The article discusses the features of this new processor.