[extropy-chat] ECON: Chip market responds to high oil prices...

[Mike Linksvayer]

Where do you get the idea that the chipmakers are responding to
high oil prices?  Performance per watt has been the buzz for a few
years at least due to cooling and battery life problems.  Intel
just got around to a complete product line revamp around this now.
If they had been responding to recently higher oil prices I expect
it would've taken them longer, as they would've started later.
Besides, oil accounts for only 3% of US electricity generation:
http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/epa/figes2.html

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  Mike Linksvayer
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