Re: Celeron doesn't reach proper BogoMIPS

H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
27 Aug 1999 17:17:35 GMT


Followup to: <99082711585001.01174@acheron.plexmedia.net>
By author: "B.W. McAdams" <brendan@plexmedia.com>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> Aren't laptops notorious for significant performance decreasements when on
> battery power?
> Could that be the explanation?
>

Yes, a fair number of them throttle the CPU significantly; smaller
notebooks are often forced to do so for thermal reasons, too.

-hpa

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