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VIA is a Taiwanese chipmaker that makes very power-efficient processors for computers and mobile devices. According to their numbers, their chips use less than a sixth the energy of an Intel Pentium, and less than a quarter the energy an AMD Athlon uses. In addition to efficiency, VIA has started a program called “carbon-free computing”, where they offset the carbon that will be produced by the manufacturing and lifetime energy use of their CPU’s. They do these offsets by building renewable power generation in developing countries, restoring forest and wetlands, and doing energy conservation.

A very interesting article about carbon free computing and how VIA sees its role in this. I’ve been reading about for example the tranquil pc with its ultra low voltage pc, and it looks fantastic, by encouraging people to use lower voltage computers we can reduce the carbon footprint of the pc and save money at the same time.

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