14 DAY TRIAL // While playing the role of top dog in the x86 processor industry, Intel still keeps a down to Earth attitude regarding protecting the environment and trying to keep this world as clean as possible. It has done this by working and developing a new implementation guide in conjunction with the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
This guide was created in order to aid PC manufacturers and system integrators deliver PCs based on Intel microprocessors and other system components while being compliant with the ENERGY STAR standard. Intel's history with EPA goes a long way back, dating since 1992, when the standard was introduced in order to identify energy efficient products.
Intel received two awards from ENERGY STAR, once in 2001 for the development of Instantly Available PC technology, which reduces PC power consumption by 71%. The second one came in 2004 for "significantly improving power supply efficiency". The struggle to deliver the best energy efficient solutions is a hard task to try to achieve because of many factors that are involved. These factors include the materials being used in the manufacturing process of a certain component, competition from rivals, I mean, these companies compete at anything.
AMD had a big advantage over Intel when Netburst based processors were around, that was due to a certain superiority AMD possessed in their computer architecture. Things have changed, technological advances like the reduction of the manufacturing process or the introduction of new materials that are being used for the production of the processors.
A good idea which companies are now promoting is their concern towards the environment, even though some companies still do this just to get the attention of the media or a bigger number of fans.