December 7, 2024
Comment deadline nears on DOE plan to cut energy use of AI-related technologies
Public comments are due within a few weeks on a Department of Energy plan for cutting the energy consumption of advanced technologies that support artificial intelligence, bringing to bear the department’s massive laboratory resources on an issue that has emerged as a major stumbling block for AI advancements.
“The microelectronics industry is currently facing the dual challenges of more sluggish energy efficiency gains and emerging sources of fast-growing energy demand for computing,” says a DOE request for information that...