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minus-squareTheFerrango@lemmy.basedcount.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoSecondary, yes, but the push to claim “muh production line is more green” has probably improved that too. Embedded, low power stuff is quite common. Then again I’m no expert, they could very well still be power hogs
minus-squareeltimablo@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoYeah, but it usually doesn’t downclock as aggressively, right? Or is that entirely dependent on the CPU scheduler?
minus-squareTheFerrango@lemmy.basedcount.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoThe scheduler can’t do anything if the hardware isn’t designed to. If the cpu can’t downclock when idle, it won’t, regardless of software
Secondary, yes, but the push to claim “muh production line is more green” has probably improved that too.
Embedded, low power stuff is quite common.
Then again I’m no expert, they could very well still be power hogs
Yeah, but it usually doesn’t downclock as aggressively, right? Or is that entirely dependent on the CPU scheduler?
The scheduler can’t do anything if the hardware isn’t designed to. If the cpu can’t downclock when idle, it won’t, regardless of software