Date: Sat, 1 Feb 2003 19:56:00 -0700 From: <soralx@cydem.zp.ua> To: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Lower power SMP boxes? Message-ID: <200302011956.00791.soralx@cydem.zp.ua> In-Reply-To: <3E3C36E7.1A77AABA@mindspring.com> References: <200301312312.h0VNC5bQ007170@apollo.backplane.com> <200302011921.h11JLnrk016623@apollo.backplane.com> <3E3C36E7.1A77AABA@mindspring.com>
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> The easiest thing to do is under-clock a very fast processor, if > what you want to do is drop power requirements, as you've said. I would _really_ like to watch this process: you underclocking new Xeon 2GHz to 1GHz (minimum speed of VIA Nehemiah), trying to lower Vcc by 0.1V at most and get it working, and finally putting passvie radiator on it :) 50 Amps actually isn't too much, and 55W of heat - it's only 2 medium-power soldering irons... 8) 01.02.2003; 18:49:57 [SorAlx] http://cydem.zp.ua/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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