NEC and Tohoku University developed semiconductors with standby power of zero, preserving data without using electricity

ByTolomea

While power saving is being screamed, it is consumed only by connecting home appliances to an outlet called "standby power" that can not be overlooked in order to reduce the electricity consumption at home and eventually to make electricity cost cheaper Power.

NEC and Tohoku University will be able to reduce the standby electricity by eliminating the outlets of household electric appliances that are not in use in order to reduce the standby power, but it is good news for those who feel troubled to plug in and unplug power outlets, Developed.

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Semiconductor development to standby power zero NHK News

According to NHK reports, even if NEC and Tohoku University are not using home appliances, major electronics manufacturers have developed new semiconductors that can reduce the "standby power" that consumes electricity simply by connecting to an outlet is.

Standby power is the electricity used to store data in semiconductors of household appliances, accounting for about 6% of the household's electricity consumption and how to reduce it is a problem in promoting power saving In the newly developed semiconductor, the standby power does not occur because data is saved by using a special small magnet instead of electricity.

NEC wanted to aim for practical application to television, personal computer, data center which manages corporate information, etc. after a few years, Shiichi Tahara, director of Green Innovation Research Institute of the company, said, "To conserve electricity at home In addition to being useful, we are expecting to reduce power by as much as 25% in places where power consumption is high, such as data centers. "