Source, U.S. Energy Information Administration / International Energy Outlook 2010

Understanding global energy consumption is a matter of simple math.  Worldwide energy consumption in the transportation sector alone is 7.9 billion liters of fuel per day. When you include the electrical energy being consumed every day in households, industries and other sectors around the world, the number of kilowatt hours  jumps to 55 billion kilowatt hours.  

Without extensive improvement of energy efficiency, the transportation sector will need 10.3 billion liters of fuel per day in 2035, and we will see a dramatic increase in electrical energy consumption up to 96 billion kilowatt-hours per day.

To cope with global warming and climate change, we need to reduce energy consumption instead of increasing it further. This is understood by regulation and governments across all nations.  In Europe regulations and laws are already in place to enforce energy savings in all areas.

ZMDI’s goal is to enable companies to deliver systems that ease the demand for energy and electricity. To reach this goal, our designers develop semiconductors that will become part of innovative energy-efficient systems. 

A seemingly small improvement in an integrated circuit, such as a smart control mechanism or a smart algorithm, has the potential to increase energy efficiency in end systems when multiplied by millions of devices shipped to companies in all regions around the world. 

We analyze the energy-efficiency potential of each product during the design phase and identify ways it can help improve a customer’s applications and products. 

In 2009, ZMDI’s semiconductor shipments to automotive companies alone contributed to 3.8M liter of fuel savings per day.  (Assumption: Average Distance per Vehicle = 18720km/a, Average Fuel Consumption = 8l/100km)

References:
U.S. Energy Information Administration / International Energy Outlook 2010 (link to pdf)