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> the natural ability for the CPU to sit at idle (not executing `NOP` instructions, actually idle) when no work is available. That just makes so much sense. Ju
by ofrzeta 8y ago
> the natural ability for the CPU to sit at idle (not executing `NOP` instructions, actually idle) when no work is available.
That just makes so much sense. Just think about how much power could be saved with all the computing devices that are idle pretty much of the time.