> > this seems to be contradicted by the fact that AMD is listing the > ability > > for each core to run at a different clock speed on the new 4-core chips > as > > an advantage. > > that's a marketing thing mostly.. they all still run at the same voltage > anyway. Several months back I recall seeing in several places that AMD's near term roadmap had each processor in its own voltage plane. This was contrast to Intel which had it much further out. As I recall the speculated reason was the silicon process Intel was using allowed them to put off that complexity longer. http://www.eetimes.com/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=WE1VYQTG2ZE5YQSNDLOSKHSCJUNN2JVN?articleID=196604387 http://www.eetimes.com/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=WE1VYQTG2ZE5YQSNDLOSKHSCJUNN2JVN?articleID=199700463 Today TI has chips with multiple variable voltage planes so seeing the same out of a company like AMD is not so hard to believe. Regards, Richard W. _______________________________________________ linux-pm mailing list linux-pm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-pm
