energy
Skilled in the Art of Being Idle: Reducing Energy Waste in Networked Systems
S. Nedevschi, J. Chandrashekar, J. Liu, B. Nordman, S. Ratnasamy, N. Taft, “Skilled in the Art of Being Idle: Reducing Energy Waste in Networked Systems,” NSDI’09, (April 2009). [PDF] Summary This paper argues that putting networked end-systems into low-power sleep modes, instead of keeping them in higher-power-consuming idle states, can result in significant energy savings. ...
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Cutting the Electric Bill for Internet-Scale Systems
A. Qureshi, R. Weber, H. Balakrishnan, J. Guttag, B. Maggs, “Cutting the Electric Bill for Internet-Scale Systems,” ACM SIGCOMM Conference, (August 2009). [PDF] Summary Large organizations like Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo! annually consume tens of millions of dollars worth of electricity. The traditional approach toward reducing energy costs by reducing the amount of energy consumption ...
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