|
Tuesday, 17 June 2008 |
|
Fujitsu Siemens Computers won “Innovation of the Year” at the CeBIT computer trade show for their invention of the world’s first zero-watt monitor. All current computer monitors consume a minimal amount of power when placed on stand-by or idle mode. Fujitsu’s zero-watt monitor has a two-position relay switch. When the computer subsides the relay switches to off position, then when the computer signal returns low currents from the computer have sufficient power to turn the monitor on again.
The monitor will be marketed to corporate consumers in the summer of 2008 and sold for the same price as conventional monitors. The relay switch will save several dollars per year. Minimal savings for the average household, however to large companies with several thousand computers the savings could reach the tens of thousands of dollars.
Fujitsu Siemens Computers is also known for the Esprimo Professional PC developed several years ago. The PC was certified with the “Blue Angel” environment label and consumed less than half the kilowatt per hour in its standard configuration.
Read the full story at redorbit.com
|
