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CPU performance is simply far beyond what we need in most cases. What's the average CPU utilization of desktops/laptops across the world? I wouldn't be surpris
by staunch 14y ago
CPU performance is simply far beyond what we need in most cases.
What's the average CPU utilization of desktops/laptops across the world? I wouldn't be surprised if it was even lower.
My laptop:
Cpu(s): 1.4%us, 0.1%sy, 0.0%ni, 98.4%id, 0.0%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.0%si, 0.0%st
- markmm 14y agoIf you add smart phones/tablets as well, which are just computers with a different form factor, then the well of unused cpu power is huge.
- chubot 14y agoSee my comment above -- this is true now, but I believe it's because our software and programming methodology isn't flexible enough to use resources efficiently. Whenever you write code you're essentially hard-coding the balance between CPU and memory. It doesn't cause much of an issue on desktop machines, but with the growing number of data centers, it will start to be economical to have more flexibility in our code.