Neowin News Feed for: Efficiency

Google's new method makes LLMs faster and more powerful, and cheaper too

Paul Hill — Fri, 12 Sep 2025 14:12:01 +0000

Google Research has developed a new method that could make running large language models cheaper and faster. Here's what it has done. Read more...

Google Chrome claims it saved users over 10000 years including on Windows 11

Sayan Sen — Wed, 08 Nov 2023 07:16:02 +0000

The Chromium team, which is behind the development of Google Chrome, and other popular browsers, claims to have saved users 10,000 years thanks to all the performance improvements it has made. Read more...

Oculus Consulting CTO John Carmack resigns from Meta citing lack of influence and agility

Usama Jawad — Sat, 17 Dec 2022 08:00:02 +0000

Legendary game developer John Carmack (Doom, Wolfenstein 3D, Quake) has resigned from his role of "Consulting CTO" at Meta. The former executive was leading the Oculus VR team at the company. Read more...

Google not looking at lay-offs yet but tells employees to pull their finger out

Paul Hill — Mon, 01 Aug 2022 02:06:51 +0000

Google has launched a Simplicity Sprint where it will attempt to boost productivity. The bad economy means that sales have dampened, and now it needs to be more productive with its resources. Read more...

Nokia base stations to see huge power consumption reduction

Paul Hill — Wed, 17 Mar 2021 21:20:01 +0000

Nokia has announced that it will halve the power usage of its base stations by 2023. It will do this by refining the software to be more efficient and by adopting the latest power-efficient SoCs. Read more...

Microsoft Edge still more power efficient than Chrome and Firefox

Usama Jawad — Fri, 28 Dec 2018 12:14:01 +0000

Microsoft has quietly run battery tests with its Edge browser in Windows 10 October 2018 Update, once again finding it to be more power efficient than Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. Read more...

Samsung is producing more efficient 2nd gen DDR4 DRAM

Paul Hill — Wed, 20 Dec 2017 09:36:01 +0000

Samsung has announced the mass production of its second generation DDR4 DRAM. The new chip has been manufactured to provide performance and energy efficiency increases over the first gen chip. Read more...

For Earth Day, Microsoft outlines its efforts to create smarter, more efficient cities

Florin Bodnarescu — Sat, 22 Apr 2017 15:18:01 +0000

In the context of projections that nearly 70% of the population will live in cities by 2050, Microsoft has presented some of the steps it is taking to help increase the efficiency of urban centers. Read more...

Google starts celebrating Earth Day early, offers tips on how to save the planet

Florin Bodnarescu — Fri, 21 Apr 2017 21:06:01 +0000

Google has kicked off its celebration of Earth Day 2017 by announcing a few small tweaks to the search experience. The firm also points out it's on track to be 100% powered by renewable energy. Read more...

Microsoft boasts better performance, efficiency and security on Edge with Anniversary Update

Usama Jawad — Thu, 04 Aug 2016 14:50:01 +0000

Microsoft has introduced EdgeHTML 14, its most significant update to its Edge browser with the launch of Windows 10 Anniversary Update, which brings improved performance, efficiency, and security. Read more...

Microsoft: Edge browser offers 'up to 53% more battery life' than Chrome, Firefox, Opera

Andy Weir — Mon, 20 Jun 2016 14:56:01 +0000

Microsoft says that lab testing and real-world telemetry from millions of PCs prove that "you can simply browse longer with Edge than with Chrome, Firefox or Opera on Windows 10 devices". Read more...

Samsung announces mass production of “industry's first" 10 nanometre-class DRAM

Paul Hill — Wed, 06 Apr 2016 10:30:01 +0000

Samsung has announced the start of mass production of what it calls the "industry's first" 10 nanometre-class DRAM. Samsung will likely use the technology in its flagship device next year. Read more...

Microsoft is working on phones with a full week of battery life

Andy Weir — Thu, 12 Jun 2014 00:06:27 +0000

Microsoft's senior researcher for mobility and networking says that the company is working on extending smartphone battery life to a full week, in research that will also be used for wearable devices. Read more...

Graphene battery research by Samsung experiences breakthrough in manufacturing process

Dmitry Dolinsky — Mon, 07 Apr 2014 04:38:26 +0000

Samsung has now finally grasped the manufacturing process, and stated that in partnership with Sungkyunkwan University, SAID has become the first to harness the benefits of graphene in manufacturing. Read more...

Intel Silvermont Atom CPU supposedly leaves Qualcomm 800 in its dust

Vlad Dudau — Mon, 08 Jul 2013 10:14:12 +0000

A leaked image seems to suggest that Intel's latest Silvermont Atom processor can easily outperform Qualcomm's quad-core 800 CPU, all while keeping power usage to a minimum. Read more...

Google reveals their once-secret servers

Sam Symons — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 00:04:31 +0000

Google is relatively quiet when it comes to the way it operates, but a recent conference on Wednesday has had the company reveal the data servers they use, and how they are put together. This... Read more...

University of Delaware Sets New Solar Efficiency Record

Christopher Vendemio — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 03:01:14 +0000

The University of Delaware has inched up the record for solar cell efficiency with a new device that can convert 42.8 percent of the light that strikes it into electricity. That beats the old record... Read more...

New Bluetooth Spec Boasts Pairing, Power Efficiency

Tue, 27 Mar 2007 18:59:55 +0000

At the CTIA, the Bluetooth Special Interest Group announced a new version of its wireless specification, Version 2.1 + Enhanced Data Rate. The new Bluetooth Core specification will make the initial connection of Bluetooth devices... Read more...