There is major worry these days about all the energy-sucking devices we use in our daily lives. The semiconductor industry is starting to have a few answers that could add up to a lot fewer coal-powered power plants pouring greenhouse gases into the air.Reuters Reports:
"According to the report, Semiconductor Technology: The Potential to Revolutionize U.S. Energy Productivity, electronics built with semiconductors are proving energy efficient. Well known for powering cell phones, global positioning devices, and display screens, semiconductors have been used to pack a lot of power into a tiny device transforming the electronics industry into millions of products with sleek and slim designs.
And now, these tiny powerhouses are helping to conserve energy and reduce the overall power load of electronics "the entire family of semiconductor-enabled technologies generated a net savings of about 775 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity in the year 2006 alone" (when compared to those technologies available in 1976. To put this into perspective, those savings prevent the need for more than 100 coal powered plants." In contrast, the International Energy Agency announced yesterday their work has found that cell phones, iPods, computers, and other electronics are negating the energy efficiency of other household and office electricity conserving devices. Apparently, these devices are not made using semiconductors." See full article.
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