Low Power Architecture Strategies for Green Computing

Abstract

The recent advancements and introduction of computer technology in the rural areas of countries like India have narrowed down the digital divide between urban and rural immensely. The rural sector has been important for the society as it has always been the primary reason for growth and development of the civilizations to sustain and achieve human goals for better existence. The modern computing systems comprise of numerous elements involving technicians, networks, and hardware. Electricity has been one of the major prerequisites for powering these systems. Due to the limitation of this and other such resources in the rural areas, with the rising costs of energy and increased concerns of environmental impacts of energy generation and consumption, there has been an immediate need for research and development in the solutions for low power wastage and low power consuming green systems and strategies. Major studies have shown that the main advantage of implementation of green computing would be to prolong the respective equipment’s lifespan, further reducing the ecological footprint and facilitating sustainable development. In this paper, we analyze and explore the more energy efficient (green) systems that consume relatively less power, such as solid-state hard disk drives, ethernet wired connection, and virtualization of machine resources for the computing and implementation in rural areas.