Smartwatches , Google Glass , even baseborn fitness trackers : all enceinte , aside from the fact that the batteries last for what seems like mo . But now , a new form of low - mogul processor could exchange that .
develop by a startup companyIneda Systems , the new microchip is really intended to turn alongside another , more powerful CPU — and that ’s the cagey part . You see , this slight , low - power chip is the eyes and ear of a wearable : it heed for vocalism command , senses a little of what ’s going on around it , ply simple apps , and gives the primary atomic number 14 a shove when it ’s want .
Indeed , Ineda Systems realised that , in most suit , wearables are in ambient mode or only running simple apps 90 per centum of the clock time . By tolerate the main Saratoga chip a piffling more chance to be powered down , this chip allows for massive power savings .
So far , Ineda is testing two prototype designs , have two and three processor cores . One core has very little computational index , but also uses commensurately little energy , and is always on . The other one or two only come alive when they postulate to . And if that grunt is n’t enough , the wearable ’s main chip would be phone into action at law .
The simplest centre can monitor motion sensors to detect movement , hold a Bluetooth link , or recognize one fundamental spoken idiom . At full rock , the other marrow can toy medicine or run away a round-eyed app , like a heart - charge per unit tracker .
Sounds pretty great . And even better , Ineda plan to move into aggregative product sometime next class . Where it will come out rest uncertain : while it would advance the barrage life of a smartwatch , it could do the same for a smartphone too — and indeed , this fleck rolls some feature already found in live phones together , into a single package .
Regardless , though , it could help eek out the assault and battery lifespan of our gadgets — which is always a good thing . [ Ineda SystemsviaTechnology Review ]
http://www.technologyreview.com/news/530341/a-chip-for-longer-lasting-wearable-computers/
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