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There was a proof-of-concept "smart network adapter" done by either Intel or MS (don't remember the exact details), which allowed finishing the download of a la
by rzzzt 6y ago
There was a proof-of-concept "smart network adapter" done by either Intel or MS (don't remember the exact details), which allowed finishing the download of a large file, or receiving emails while the host computer was asleep. I'd imagine tasks like these are well suited for the smaller cores.
- monocasa 6y agoA lot of game consoles have this model too. PS3, PS4, Wii, and WiiU off the top of my head run pretty complex operations on the I/O processor even when the main system is off.
- garmaine 6y agomacOS does this. Calls it a “power nap.”
- dogma1138 6y agoPower nap is when your computer periodically wakes up you are switching power states it’s not exactly the same thing.
- masklinn 6y agoThe big.LITTLE concept was announced in 2011. It's not the concept of using differently sized cores which is odd, it's using cores with different instruction sets.