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Samsung Electronics Assumes Leadership Role in Climate Savers Computing InitiativeSAN JOSE, Calif. --(Business Wire)-- Samsung (News - Alert) Electronics Co., Ltd., the world leader in advanced semiconductor technology solutions, today announced that it has assumed a board-level membership in the Climate Savers Computing Initiative (News - Alert) (CSCI), a non-profit organization formed to reduce the energy consumption of computers and related components. The company also announced the appointment of Jim Elliott, Vice President, Memory Marketing & Product Planning, Samsung Semiconductor, Inc. to the Initiative's board of directors. "We appreciate the tremendous effort that the Climate Savers Computing Initiative is making to help foster widespread adoption of energy-efficient technology and IT practices and are delighted to work at the highest level of the organization to extend its outreach," said Jim Elliott, vice president, memory marketing and product planning, Samsung Semiconductor, Inc. "By becoming a member of the board of CSCI, we are underscoring our long-term green agenda as we further encourage sustainability within our operations and with our global partners and customers." Together, Samsung and the other industry-leading members of the Initiative will work to increase the adoption of energy-efficient PCs and servers, while raising awareness of the value of energy-efficient computer power management. Samsung said it will initially concentrate on increasing the power-efficiency of servers and notebooks through more energy-efficient components like 30nm-class* DDR3 memory (www.samsung.com/GreenMemory) and solid state drives (www.samsung.com/SSD) using 20nm-class* NAND flash memory, as well as highly energy-efficient LED display panels, application processors and advanced process manufacturing. "Samsung had shown a great deal of sensitivity toward reducing the energy consumed in the manufacturing of its products and in increasing the efficiency that those products bring to consumers and to its enterprise customers," said George Goodman, executive director, Climate Savers Computing Initiative. "By working with Cimate Savers Computing, Samsung is taking another major step in leading the movement toward a cleaner and more sustainable future." "Through the oversight role that it will play in CSCI, Samsung is demonstrating a strong commitment to furthering the adoption of green semiconductor technology across the globe," said Bill Weihl, vice president, Climate Savers Computing Initiative and green energy czar, Google (News - Alert). "Samsung's active participation paves the way for other companies to take a closer look at how they can help to dramatically reduce global CO2 emissions and cost of ownership for their IT operations." The Climate Savers Computing Initiative's goal is to promote the development, deployment and adoption of smart technologies that can both improve the efficiency of power delivery of a computing system and reduce the energy consumed when the system is in an inactive state. In offices, homes and data centers, the added heat from inefficient computers can increase the demand on air conditioners and cooling systems, making the computing equipment even more expensive to run, wasting a large percentage of their input power. About Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a global leader in semiconductor, telecommunication, digital media and digital convergence technologies with 2010 consolidated sales of US$135.8 billion. Employing approximately 190,500 people in 206 offices across 68 countries, the company consists of eight independently operated business units: Visual Display, Mobile Communications, Telecommunication Systems, Digital Appliances, IT Solutions, Digital Imaging, Semiconductor and LCD. Recognized as one of the fastest growing global brands, Samsung Electronics is a leading producer of digital TVs, semiconductor chips, mobile phones and TFT-LCDs. For more information, please visit www.samsung.com. About Climate Savers Computing Initiative CSCI works to reduce IT energy consumption by increasing the energy efficiency of computing equipment, increasing the adoption and deployment of power management, and providing education about the financial and environmental benefits of energy efficient computing. CSCI has long partnered with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) ENERGY STAR program to accelerate the adoption of energy-saving technology and practices. The Initiative provides technical input into ENERGY STAR specifications and recommends systems that have earned the ENERGY STAR, so CSCI members and others can easily identify and procure energy efficient systems. The organization offers an online catalog of PCs, laptops, servers, power supplies and power management software that meet CSCI technical specifications for energy efficiency at http://bit.ly/ba9PDy. Visit and interact with CSCI on:
the Web www.climatesaverscomputing.org,
Climate Savers® is a trademark or registered trademark of WWF, the
international conservation organization. * Editors' Note: 20nm-class means a process technology node somewhere between 20 and 29 nanometers, while 30nm-class means a process technology node somewhere between 30 and 39 nanometers.
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