Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: CPU throttling?? | From | Valdis.Kletnieks@vt ... | Date | Mon, 03 Feb 2003 13:57:17 -0500 |
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On Mon, 03 Feb 2003 17:13:02 GMT, John Bradford said:
> Incidently, Linux has always halted the processor, rather than spun in > an idle loop, which saves power.
It's conceivable that a CPU halted at 1.2Gz takes less power than one at 1.6Gz - anybody have any actual data on this? Alternately phrased, does CPU throttling save power over and above what the halt does? -- Valdis Kletnieks Computer Systems Senior Engineer Virginia Tech
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