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Technology Stocks : Advanced Micro Devices - Moderated (AMD)
AMD 215.34+5.7%12:41 PM EST
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To: eplace who wrote (35704)4/13/2001 11:49:28 PM
From: dale_laroyRead Replies (2) of 275872
 
"If performance critical applications drive CPU power above its artificially low 54.7 watt limit, the CPU is halted with a 50% duty cycle (alternating 2 microseconds on; 2 microseconds off) until it cools down."

What an absurd approach. If they would just trottle back the clock speed from 1.5 GHz to 1.0 GHz they could drop the voltage. Operating at 1.0 GHz with a voltage drop could cut the power consumption by 55%, providing one third higher performance with 10% lower power consumption than a 50% duty cycle.
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