More Than Moore

More Than Moore

Efficient Computer's Electron E1 CPU

100x More Efficient than Arm?

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Dr. Ian Cutress
Jul 24, 2025
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We've been building general-purpose CPUs wrong for decades, apparently. That's the bold claim from Efficient Computer, a new startup stepping into the embedded market with their Electron E1 chip. For too long, our processors have been stuck in a control flow model, constantly shuffling data back and forth between caches, memory, and compute units – a pr…

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