Talk:Low-power electronics

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 * "The overall power consumption of a new personal computer has been increasing at about 22% growth per year." Newer computers have sophisticated energy saving mechanisms and without a verifiable reference that claim seems to be invalid today.


 * "If current trends continue, "Energy costs, now about 10% of the average IT budget, could rise to 50% ... by 2010".[5]" We have 2016 now. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 132.199.101.53 (talk) 12:43, 3 August 2016 (UTC)

Dear User:132.199.101.53 and User:Mindmatrix, I completely agree that this article is outdated. Can you help? Do you have any reliable sources that we could use to update this article?

Rather than deleting paragraphs and the citation that supports them when the URL no longer works, I suggest that we follow the WP:DEADREF guideline instead. --DavidCary (talk) 00:04, 7 January 2021 (UTC)

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Richard asr (talk) 11:19, 15 July 2021 (UTC+1)

History of Low Power
Certainly the history of low power electronics did not start with electromechanical watches. There was a lot of work being done in the late 1950s to make pre-transistor portable radios energy efficient. I am aware of the General Electric P-671 radio which used directly-heated cathodes with tiny 0.05A current ratings. Due to the low thermal mass of its cathodes, the P-671 warmed up in about 2 seconds. Sadly, I could not find sufficient cites to write a paragraph on this class of low power electronics.RastaKins (talk) 15:34, 12 February 2024 (UTC)