The enormous disconnect between innovation in low-power design approaches and the overall economic climate is shrinking.

Ratcheting down the power is achievable, but making sure the device still works remains a challenge.

The government’s investment in private industry has been going on for a very long time.

New chips look more like elaborate ways to manage power than a better approach to multiprocessing.

Cost and complexity are taking an increasingly prominent role in limiting low-power design options.

Imagine an electric car that gets 100 miles per charge and costs $50,000. That isn’t a particularly attractive equation for most people. But now imagine that same car getting 200 miles per charge. It’s still relatively…