Re: CPU throttling??

From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
Date: Mon Feb 03 2003 - 14:24:09 EST


On Mon, 03 Feb 2003 13:14:56 CST, Matt Reppert said:

> Yes. I have a powerpc laptop that runs at 700 MHz. If I throttle the CPU cloc
k
> speed down to 400 MHz and change nothing else the battery has noticeably long
er
> life; since it's running slower, it takes less power when it's active (not
> halted).

I knew that. The question I asked was whether halted at 700Mhz takes more
power than halted at 400Mhz...



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