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To: andreas_wonisch who wrote (133915)	5/1/2001 4:23:32 PM
From: Petz	Respond to of 186894

Re: Why is Max Power vs. Avg. Power much greater for the P4? Some of the power is not dissipated on the chip but externally wherever is something is hanging off the front side bus. Since the P4 has a higher effective FSB speed (400 MHz vs. 266), more of the DC input power gets dissipated in the chipset. But I don't think this accounts for more than a couple watts. Petz

To: andreas_wonisch who wrote (133915)	5/1/2001 7:13:42 PM
From: Ali Chen	Respond to of 186894

"an idea why the difference between max and average power consumption is much greater with P4 than Athlon?" First, it is not an "average power consumption", they call it "typical". Second, there is no clear definition of what is the "typical" application the power was measured on. There are apparently a great discrepancy in opinions on what the "tyipcal" power is. I recall some big boxmaker was using "Forsaken" as a "typical" app to test PCs for thermal/power stability. Intel may have a different opinion but would not tell you. Third, there are some architectural differences between the two processors. Hope this helps. - Ali