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The Top CPUs Under Linux

Posted by timothy on from the hard-to-go-wrong-nowadays dept.

Linux Hack writes "LinuxHardware.org has published their latest review and this one covers the top processors from both the big x86 manufacturers. If you want to see who's on top under Linux, you should check out this review. There's something here for both Intel and AMD fanboys!"

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  1. Power consumption -- wow! by dougmc · · Score: 3, Interesting
    The Intel Pentium D 840 cpu uses 130 watts. (The other cpus still use lots of power, but this one was tied for #1.)

    Wow.

    You know, it wasn't that long ago that the 60 mHz Pentium (1) was the chip that had massive power requirements. That behemoth used 13 whole watts of power!

    At 130 watts and 1.4 volts, that's 93 amps. That's just plain crazy. All that heat in that itty bitty package ...

    1. Re:Power consumption -- wow! by Dark+Coder · · Score: 2, Interesting

      Wait until you hear about a 1,000 watt for a typical 1Gbps Intrusion Prevention System.

      Expect to see the wattage to go ten-fold increase once we go to 10Gbps Ethernet IPS/IDS.

      On a side note....

      All that powerful high-speed packet examination, and alas, sorry to say, that signature-delivery is a failing model for the IPS/IDS industry. Put stock in HIPS (Host-based Intrusion Prevention System) as its the right way to go.

      Running Linux? SELinux or GRSecurity is one such HIPS-derivative.