From www.xconomy.com — Peddle Power: MIT Cyclocross Team Promotes Alternative Energy, Low-Power Computing

....the bikes were used to power machines made by SiCortex, of Maynard, MA, a venture-funded startup (investors include Flagship Ventures, Polaris Venture Partners, and Prism VentureWorks, along with Chevron and JK&B Capital) that specializes in low-powered supercomputers. To give you an idea of how low-powered, CEO John Mucci says the chip in his supercomputer, with six processors, uses about eight watts of power. The chip in my laptop, he told me, takes almost 100 watts. Ouch.

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