Something I found a while back and might have posted it or said something about HA my memory is lacking at this hour.
I agree with this, but only to a degree. "Advancing" tech does not always mean "advancing" power consumption. It seems like as of the last 3 or 4 generations of devices the push has been to get more processing power out of our devices at the cost of higher power consumption, but it seems like there has been an increase of concern in the current and even more so in the next generation to make the components more power efficient as we begin to hit the "practical" peak of processor power for a mobile device. Making something twice as fast as the previous iteration eventually because unnoticeable as you approach "instantaneous" (with respect to what a human can physically observe. I don't care if something can happen in 10 ms instead of 20 ms) where as making it twice as efficient in power consumption will be very noticeable.
Nanotech extends battery life for smartphones, satellites, supercomputers
By
Andrew Nusca | March 11, 2011, 6:32 AM PST
Like electric cars, the one weak link in the rapidly advancing technology of electronic devices is the battery.
As memory capacity grows and processors become faster than ever, the battery remains a large, clunky component. Mobile handsets are thinner and lighter than ever — except for that battery.
University of Illinois engineers may have found a loophole. The researchers
say they have developed a kind of ultra-low-power digital memory that is faster and uses 100 times less energy than conventional memory on the market.
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So what I'm looking at is what Truss said here
an increase of concern in the current and even more so in the next generation to make the components more power efficient as we begin to hit the "practical" peak of processor power for a mobile device.
and I believe we are or close to that practical peak. New batteries and Memory tech could be what we are looking for to move us beyond current levels of power. Lower voltage means less heat, how much who knows. If you sit back and think about almost all new smartphones are seeing or have new and more advance tech, except the battery and memory. They have been borrowed from other applications of use and yes batteries are smaller to fit into cell phones, basic design been the same for years. Now we get to see the smartphones push for better tech design for them alone.
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