Low-Power Chip Shares the Burden to Extend Battery Life

Sep-02-14 A new chip designed specifically for wearable devices could extend battery life by taking over some of the main processor's functions.

Developed by the startup Ineda Systems, the low-power chip was designed with the specific uses of wearable devices in mind. According to Ajith Dasari, vice president for platforms and customer engineering at Ineda: “About 90 percent of the time a user’s device will be in ambient mode or they will be only using simple apps.” The chips are equipped with either two or three processing cores—one that operates continuously on very little power while the other cores are only turned on to tackle higher-load duties.

The company is now looking at ways to integrate the software into mobile devices, which will most likely need some alterations to support the system.

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