Am Samstag, 21. Juni 2014, 03:29:56 schrieb Carlos E. R.:
[...] That results in this task filling up all the remaining cpu power left by the primary tasks. Ie, the computer get used 100%. The user would not feel it, but it also has the side effect of heating the computer more and using more electricity (way more important on laptops). I do not have proof of this, but a certain task using a minute at 100% CPU uses more electricity than the same task done at 50% CPU (or rather at the lower frequency setting of the CPU) during 2 minutes. [...]
No, the opposite is often true: | In summary, the only sensible way to use a CPU is to run it as fast as | possible in order to let it idle as much as possible, and drop the | frequency and voltage when it's not doing anything. The. Only. Sensible. | Way. http://mjg59.livejournal.com/88608.html (Discussion on http://lwn.net/Articles/281629/) The buzzword is "race to idle". Gruß Jan -- A closed mouth gathers no feet. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org