By Bill Scanlon, Interactive Week January 16, 2001 4:56 PM ET As West Coast utilities struggle to keep up with fast-growing demand for electricity, a Milpitas, Calif., start-up claims that a transceiver chip technology breakthrough may cut the power needed to run high-speed network equipment by two-thirds. The leaner chips manufactured by BitBlitz Communications could slash the amount of energy consumed by Internet traffic and save carriers a chunk of money in the process. More at: http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2674611,00.html "The kaboom! Where's the kaboom?! There was supposed to be an earth-shattering kaboom!" - Marvin Martian
