Tag: energy savings

  • Slashdot: ‘Why the World Needs Lazier Robots’

    Source URL: https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/25/01/04/0747205/why-the-world-needs-lazier-robots?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: ‘Why the World Needs Lazier Robots’ Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses emerging concepts in AI and robotics, particularly focusing on the idea of “lazy robotics” which aims to reduce unnecessary energy consumption by enabling machines to perform only essential tasks. This approach not…

  • The Register: With datacenter power crisis looming, US government looks to Constellation

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/03/us_gov_nuclear_energy/ Source: The Register Title: With datacenter power crisis looming, US government looks to Constellation Feedly Summary: Not just AWS, Microsoft et al that are betting on nuclear energy, 13 federal agencies get in on act too Constellation Energy has won contracts worth more than $1 billion from the US government to supply…

  • The Register: Screwed by the cloud: Hardware vendors looking for that raison d’refresh

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/02/cloud_hardware_research_hpe/ Source: The Register Title: Screwed by the cloud: Hardware vendors looking for that raison d’refresh Feedly Summary: 40% of world’s servers are 6 years +, drink 66% of DC energy, provide 7% of compute. Please refresh, says HPE Four in ten of the servers currently residing in datacenters across the globe are…

  • Slashdot: Can AI-Enabled Thermostats Create a ‘Virtual Power Plant’ in Texas?

    Source URL: https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/24/11/10/2253250/can-ai-enabled-thermostats-create-a-virtual-power-plant-in-texas?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Can AI-Enabled Thermostats Create a ‘Virtual Power Plant’ in Texas? Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Renew Home, in partnership with NRG Energy, is launching a decade-long initiative to develop an “AI-powered virtual power plant” in Texas through the distribution of smart thermostats. This innovative project aims…

  • Hacker News: AI Flame Graphs

    Source URL: https://www.brendangregg.com/blog//2024-10-29/ai-flame-graphs.html Source: Hacker News Title: AI Flame Graphs Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text discusses Intel’s development of a tool called AI Flame Graphs, designed to optimize AI workloads by profiling resource utilization on AI accelerators and GPUs. By visualizing the software stack and identifying inefficiencies, this tool…

  • Hacker News: Microsoft BitNet: inference framework for 1-bit LLMs

    Source URL: https://github.com/microsoft/BitNet Source: Hacker News Title: Microsoft BitNet: inference framework for 1-bit LLMs Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text describes “bitnet.cpp,” a specialized inference framework for 1-bit large language models (LLMs), specifically highlighting its performance enhancements, optimized kernel support, and installation instructions. This framework is poised to significantly influence…