Via saves the planet

TAIWANESE CHIP maker, Via Technologies, says it has helped build the world's first carbon free computers.

Via joined with UK system buidlers Tranquil PC and Evesham Technology to launch what they call Carbon Free PCs based on Via's C7-D processor.

The trio claim the use of the low-power C7-D processor allows them to offset the CO2 emissions produced from the operation of the PCs over their lifetime, through investment in UK-based projects in energy conservation, reforestation, and alternative energy.

The systems might more properly be called carbon neutral.

Via spokesman Richard Brown, reckons VIA's focus on energy-efficient performance and environmental sustainability, is showing the industry "a new path".

"The PC industry has been ramping up the MHz and the feeds, and today introducing more cores, all of which dramatically increase the electricity demands of not just the CPU, but all the other supporting components regardless of application necessity," said Brown. µ

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Evesham Carbon3
Tranquil PC carbon free systems
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