With an average operating power of 2 watts and a maximum of 20 watts, VIA's desktop processor, VIA C7-D, is designed to cater to a new breed of computer users interested in limiting their impact on the environment. Working with environmental experts, VIA said it calculated the electricity used by the VIA C7-D processor, and from that determined how much carbon dioxide will be produced as a result of electricity provided by power plants burning fossil fuels, and is working with regional organisations to offset that carbon dioxide.
VIA unveiled its products at the Green California Schools Summit, being held from 4 December to 6 December 2007 at the Pasadena Conference Center in California. Commenting on the occasion, Richard Brown, vice president, corporate marketing, VIA, stated, "Power grids across the globe, and particularly in California, are under increasing strain as our need for electricity continues to grow."
He added, "We see the Green California Schools Summit as a great opportunity to show some of the most important institutions in the country that there are real, affordable products that help manage the power problem and fully meet their next-generation education needs."
"Since the introduction of our first processor in 2001, VIA has led the industry in the design of energy-efficient x86 platforms and has enabled new generations of low-power computing devices," added Brown. "By offsetting the carbon dioxide from what is already a very power-efficient component, we hope to provide a sustainable computing solution by which governments, schools, enterprise and consumers can effectively reduce their carbon footprints." |
