Re: CPU throttling??

Dave Jones (davej@codemonkey.org.uk)
Mon, 3 Feb 2003 19:02:05 +0000

On Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 01:57:17PM -0500, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote:

> 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?

Given that most decent implementations scale voltage as well as
frequency, yes, a lower speed will save more power.

Dave

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