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But energy efficiency is improving also.
by seiferteric 9mo ago
But energy efficiency is improving also.
- entropicdrifter 9mo agoHardware energy efficiency is, but software has been getting less efficient for decades, at least on average.
- Aurornis 9mo agoConsumer PCs and laptops spend most of their time idle. Idle power usage is what matters. The 15 seconds it takes to launch Discord and install updates isn't going to be driving the overall efficiency of your PC.
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 9mo agoIn which case the screen likely uses the most power right?
- zootboy 9mo ago> Consumer PCs and laptops spend most of their time idle Not when Windows gets its grubby mitts on them. I will frequently hear the fans spin up on my Win10 laptop when it should be doing nothing, only to find the Windows Telemetry process or the Search Indexer using an entire fucking CPU core.
- garbawarb 9mo agoWhich makes it easier to consume more.
- retSava 9mo agoIt's like with cars - better performing drive trains (et al) is used to increase the power envelope instead of lowering fuel consumption, since that leads to more sales allegedly.
- wat10000 9mo agoIt really isn't. I have a pocket-sized device that would utterly thrash a supercomputer from a couple of decades ago, and it goes a day or two on a 20Wh battery. Going full blast it'll consume maybe 25-30W, which is less than the idle power consumption of far less powerful devices from not all that long ago. Incidentally, cars are also a lot more fuel efficient these days than they used to be.