Sun, March 01, 2009 — IDG News Service — Fujitsu Siemens Computers plans to launch in the middle of this year an enterprise desktop computer that consumes no energy when switched off, it said Sunday at the Cebit trade fair in Hanover, Germany.
Computers, like most electronics, consume a very small amount of energy even when switched off because of losses in the transformer or sensors that remain active for functions such as remote power-on. For a PC the consumption when powered off is typically between 1 watt and 4 watts, said Fujitsu Siemens. Right now, the best that energy-conscious users can do is keep electronics on a power strip that they must remember to turn off.
The Esprimo 7935 packs a system that achieves zero consumption without pulling the plug, said Lothar Lechtenberg, a spokesman for the company.
Businesses with a lot of computers stand to save a significant amount of money each year by ensuring their PCs aren't consuming any power overnight but there are disadvantages. Many companies administer software updates overnight and having the machines unplugged means that's not possible.
Fujitsu Siemens says it has solved this problem by allowing the machines to be awake and consuming a very small amount of power during a predefined time-slot during which updates can take place. Once the time slot passes the machine returns to zero-watt mode until it is switched on by its user.
The world's first such PC innovation, the "0-Watt" function will be available in the ESPRIMO E7935 0-Watt and ESPRIMO P7935 0-Watt beginning in summer 2009
Fujitsu Siemens Computers plans to launch in the middle of this year an enterprise desktop computer that consumes no energy when switched off, it said Sunday at the Cebit trade fair in Hanover, Germany.The machine is likely to cost from around €600 or €700. Availability outside of Fujitsu Siemens' EMEA sales area was not announced.
[source : http://www.cio.com ]
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