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With battery-powered devices being so common, "fast enough" is no longer the only criterion for performance. Every cycle that the CPU doesn't spend idle subtrac
by teraflop 5y ago
With battery-powered devices being so common, "fast enough" is no longer the only criterion for performance. Every cycle that the CPU doesn't spend idle subtracts from battery life.
- thrwyoilarticle 5y ago>Every cycle that the CPU doesn't spend idle Such as time spent networking?
- gilrain 5y agoNetwork latency will dwarf CPU time in that case; the CPU can idle while waiting for responses.
- ben_w 5y agoAnything you could do live 26 years ago can be done today with an infinitesimal fraction of a modern mobile chip.