New NEC comms chips need 80 per cent less power

Green data centre

Tiny chips, tiny footprints

Fewer trees will have had to lay down their lives every time you download some stupid film off Youtube, or receive a ludicrously large PDF from head office. thanks to NEC.

WebEx could cut carbon footprint and travel time of MPs

Good MPs could save on travel expenses

By using web meeting technology for just 20 days, Lib Dem MP Mark Williams saved himself 4012 miles of travel and spared the planet 161.5 kg of CO2. And they saved the taxpayers a fortune in travel expenses.

NEC invents energy-saving chip for cell phones

NEC Handset

Chips without the fat

TOKYO --NEC has developed a system LSI chip uses a fraction of the energy needed by a cellular phone, Mobbed-online.com reports.