Good catch on date! I didn't understand because there's So Much Energy Harvest technology that running a chip on a solar cell (2 sq in?) seemed ridiculously easy to me. I didn't read much further into the article thinking there was a mistake Or something unique. I don't know what size chip can boot/work with Just RF harvest but there's many.
On Mon, Aug 28, 2023 at 8:15 PM Peter Soper via TriEmbed < triembed@triembed.org> wrote: > Ugh. Sorry. > > Aug 28, 2023 5:23:42 PM John Wettroth <j...@mindspring.com>: > > > Just noticed that the press release was from 2012- DOH! Oh well. > > > > > > Regards, > > John M. Wettroth > > E: j...@mindspring.com > > M: (919) 349-9875 > > H: (984) 329-5420 > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: TriEmbed <triembed-boun...@triembed.org> On Behalf Of John > Wettroth via > > TriEmbed > > Sent: Monday, August 28, 2023 4:49 PM > > To: 'Pete soper' <p...@soper.us>; 'Triangle Embedded Interest Group' > > <triembed@triembed.org> > > Subject: Re: [TriEmbed] Novel approach for low power logic from Intel > > > > I'm surprised that Intel is claiming this as really novel. The Claremont > > Architecture mentioned was being talked about as the IA in 2012. It > grew out of > > the Atom processors that ran in this near threshold/sub threshold > region. Lot > > of companies have used techniques like this for decades. Most digital > stuff > > that runs at these absurd low voltages is subthreshold or near. The > very low > > power Microchip (nanoWatt XLP) parts use these techniques. Intel's > FINFET > > operate below .7v already. There was a startup called SuVolta that was > based on > > these techniques- it disappeared (acquired or folded?) about five years > ago. > > Freescale had some dynamic power stuff that played games with the "body" > or > > substrate connection to modulate threshold voltage. It let them make > parts that > > operate in strong inversion at high speeds with higher class A type > leakage > > currents but could downshift to a slower, low leakage mode by > manipulating the > > body voltage. They could do this on the fly- don't know what happened > to it- > > good fodder for ISSC conferences of the day. Press releases are written > by > > investor relations guys that don't have a firm handle on the technology > and > > mainly into promotion. Ironically, the old 40 or so nm process nodes > were much > > better in these respects. I think 7 nm might have overshot the mark. > > > > Take Care- > > > > Regards, > > John M. Wettroth > > E: j...@mindspring.com > > M: (919) 349-9875 > > H: (984) 329-5420 > > > > Searchable email archive available at > > https://www.mail-archive.com/triembed@triembed.org/ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Triangle, NC Embedded Interest Group mailing list > > > > To post message: TriEmbed@triembed.org > > List info: > http://mail.triembed.org/mailman/listinfo/triembed_triembed.org > > TriEmbed web site: https://TriEmbed.org > > To unsubscribe, click link and send a blank message: > > mailto:unsubscribe-triem...@bitser.net?subject=unsubscribe > > Searchable email archive available at > > https://www.mail-archive.com/triembed@triembed.org/ > > _______________________________________________ > Triangle, NC Embedded Interest Group mailing list > > To post message: TriEmbed@triembed.org > List info: http://mail.triembed.org/mailman/listinfo/triembed_triembed.org > TriEmbed web site: https://TriEmbed.org > To unsubscribe, click link and send a blank message: mailto: > unsubscribe-triem...@bitser.net?subject=unsubscribe > Searchable email archive available at > https://www.mail-archive.com/triembed@triembed.org/ > > -- Best regards, Mike
_______________________________________________ Triangle, NC Embedded Interest Group mailing list To post message: TriEmbed@triembed.org List info: http://mail.triembed.org/mailman/listinfo/triembed_triembed.org TriEmbed web site: https://TriEmbed.org To unsubscribe, click link and send a blank message: mailto:unsubscribe-triem...@bitser.net?subject=unsubscribe Searchable email archive available at https://www.mail-archive.com/triembed@triembed.org/