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AMD 'Venice' Core Shows Big Drop in Power Needs
dtjohnson writes "
Lost Circuits has carefully
measured the power consumption of four recent Athlon 64 cores and
has found that power consumption has been dramatically reduced in the
new 'Venice'
core from the relatively-low (compared
to Intel P4) numbers of the original 2003 'Clawhammer' core to less
than 30 watts under load and less than 10 watts for Windows at
idle. This huge power reduction was apparently accomplished by a
combination of 90 nm die shrink, Silicon-on-Insulator
technology, and something called 'dual-stress
liner technology' As Lost Circuits points out, power
consumption worldwide has been exploding as more CPUs come online and
the CPU power requirements increase so a significant power reduction
will reduce the burden on electrical grids everywhere."
Does anyone here give a rats ass about electrical grids and their afore mentioned stress. I know this AC doesn't give a shit.
It's an even exchange and 100% efficient.
you are either 12 or really really dumb.
NOTHING is 100% efficient. and your computer as a heater or computing device or BOTH are nowhere NEAR 100% efficient.
I would look at it is closer to 40% efficient. some is spent as light, some is spent as motion some as heat. but NEVER 100% efficient and is certianly vastly more expensive to operate per BTU as a heater than a quartz heater of the same capacity.
"but I remember I came up with roughly 10 trains filled with coal were required to break RC-64"
10 trains filled with what? Coal? You must be an advisor for Bush's new energy plan.
Man I still haven't stopped laughing at his suggestion of a 6 billion dollar investment in 'coal research'. Bahahahah..