[TriEmbed] Novel approach for low power logic from Intel

[Mike Lisanke]

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 at triembed.org> wrote:

> Ugh. Sorry.
>
> Aug 28, 2023 5:23:42 PM John Wettroth <jwet at mindspring.com>:
>
> > Just noticed that the press release was from 2012- DOH!  Oh well.
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> > John M. Wettroth
> > E: jwet at mindspring.com
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> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: TriEmbed <triembed-bounces at triembed.org> On Behalf Of John
> Wettroth via
> > TriEmbed
> > Sent: Monday, August 28, 2023 4:49 PM
> > To: 'Pete soper' <pete at soper.us>; 'Triangle Embedded Interest Group'
> > <triembed at 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: jwet at mindspring.com
> > M: (919) 349-9875
> > H:  (984) 329-5420
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Best regards,  Mike
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