Intel Research Day Demonstration

Intel researcher James Song shows the difference power-saving technology makes with Intel's current "Menlow" line of mobile device processors compared to the upcoming "Moorestown" line. The bars reaching to the red area show the older chip's power consumption as it runs; the shorter pale bars in front show the newer results. The Moorestown chips are better able to enter low-power idle states, with spikes in power usage only as needed. Attaining low power consumption means batteries last longer and Intel is better able to crack the market for small mobile devices such as smartphones.

The technology was one of many Intel Labs researchers demonstrated at the Intel Research Day at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif., on Thursday.