ARM Releases "World's Most Efficient Processor"

[pedro_mann]

[citation][nom]Tab54o[/nom]Home appliances? I dread the days when our microwaves, toasters and coffee makers have lan ports or wifi cards and operating systems.[/citation]
Maybe I can program my microswave to work simply like tell it one minute and start. I know that most do that but some friggin microwaves want you to hit like 10 buttons to simply tell it one minute and start. But on the off-shoot, I'de hate to see my microwave freeze up and need a reboot.

But on the plus side, a smart microwave that would download a database from the food manufacturer that would account for the wattage of my unit, could theoretically take all the guess work out. Just have the microwave read the RFID tag (before it destroys it by microwaving and put the exact time and cool down period for that product before beeping (I should patent this idea before some troll does)

Internet connected appliance can't be all that bad can they?

 

[pedro_mann]

[citation][nom]deanjo[/nom]I have to disagree. It all depends on the appliance. For example, notifications from items like shared washing machines and laundry dryers would kick a** in an apartment setting especially. *Bing* Your dryer is done... *Bing* The dryer is now free *Bing* The rinse cycle has started... etc etc etc.[/citation]
And have it lock the washer/dryer until you unlock it with your smartphone so people can't steal clothes. Of course you'de only lock it for an hour or something so people can't just lock them indefinitely. (maybe have a sensor to determine clothes are actually put in there too, so people can't start them empty to lock others out etc.) Another idea along those lines is allow people to pay with paypal so they don't have to keep getting rolls of quarters. I guess that would solve the lockout problem too because you'de have to pay for that convenience.

 

[iamtheking123]

[citation][nom]dudzcom[/nom]Since when is Amps a measure of energy? Energy is measured in JULES. If you're gonna give amps, at least give voltage too.[/citation]
If you actually knew what you were talking about, you'd know that watts would be a far more useful measurement than joules. Hell lets use coulombs while we're at it if we want to sound smart.

 

[notsleep]

64-bit arm please? ...'world's most ancient processor' 😛

 

[fazers_on_stun]

[citation][nom]deanjo[/nom]I have to disagree. It all depends on the appliance. For example, notifications from items like shared washing machines and laundry dryers would kick a** in an apartment setting especially. *Bing* Your dryer is done... *Bing* The dryer is now free *Bing* The rinse cycle has started... etc etc etc.[/citation]

Heh, my dryer has a buzzer to let us know when it's done. Short & sweet and not annoying like some idiot machine telling me every step of its cycle finishing.

I'd bet $10 that you would get annoyed once the novelty wears off, and look for a way to shut the status announcements off, maybe a month tops.. 😀

 

[ProDigit10]

They probably are able to make a gameboy out of it!

 

[Guest]

To drag out an old joke about the Cell BBE processor and Sony saying that it would be implemented into appliances as well... "Fridge Racer!!!"

 

[rosen380]

"Heh, my dryer has a buzzer to let us know when it's done."

Which works fine when you are near enough to it to hear it. If you have a shared washer/dryer in an apartment complex or dorm, you might not be that close.

 

[Device Unknown]

With ARM's open licensing policy, how long before someone (Samsung?) runs with it and creates a desktop version processor? Throew all energy conservation out the window and show us what ARM can do. I give it 2 years.