Over here at Microsoft Research's annual summit with university researchers in Redmond this morning, the company announced plans for its next research grants to colleges and universities. Considered in the scope of Microsoft's revenues, the individual dollar amounts aren't huge. However, the annual announcement is worth watching to see which subjects the company chooses, because those indicate the areas it considers most promising and worth exploring.
One interesting category is a $500,000 commitment for research in "sustainable computing." The company defines that as "research in innovative approaches toward power-optimized system architectures, and adaptive power management solutions for maximizing the energy efficiency of computing infrastructure."
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