Multigig, a start-up in Scotts Valley, California has developed a new approach that changes the way a microprocessor looks at time to significantly increase power efficiency.

RotaryWave™ technology can generate hundreds and even thousands of precise phases of each clock period. This allows electronic circuits that can robustly operate with precise timing intervals as small as a picosecond.

RotaryWave™ clock technology avoids dynamic power dissipation through recycling of charge. Thus, very large capacitive loads can be directly driven by the clock without the usual CV²F power dissipation common to all other accepted methods.

RotaryWave™ clocks self-synchronize with adjacent RotaryWave™ clocks with extreme precision through the use of injection locking. Thus, a large grid of RotaryWave™ Clocks can be completely synchronized without utilizing any dedicated distribution mechanism. The RotaryClock thus becomes both the clock source and the distribution method.

This looks very promising. There’s a lot to be gained if you can increase accuracy while simultaneously reducing power consumption.