alt Hacker NewsI was under the impression that race-to-idle made "fast" a significant factor in "power efficient"? Obviously needs software to not be terrible and needs to be able to scale the back down, but still.
I was under the impression that race-to-idle made "fast" a significant factor in "power efficient"? Obviously needs software to not be terrible and needs to be able to scale the back down, but still.
That may be true at iso-voltage/frequency, but there are definitely places on that curve where it is better to be at a lower voltage (and thus frequency) than to run at a higher voltage just so you can race to idle.