Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 18 Nov 2004 22:17:10 +0100 (MET) | From | Jan Engelhardt <> | Subject | Re: Kernel thoughts of a Linux user |
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>> So they could make themselves a favor and run something like seti@home. > >That does consume more energy than just sitting at idle. I've seen some >estimates of how much it costs to run seti 24/7 rather than just sit idle, and >the price was something like $80/year.
For CPUs which don't have some sort of speedstep, it does not matter. (Please correct me if I am wrong. It might be that HLT cycles are still more power-conservative even without speedstep than 24/7 on the FPU.)
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