[ltp] frequencies, throttling

Brad Langhorst linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Sun, 04 Mar 2007 14:41:56 -0500


On Sat, 2007-03-03 at 20:32 +0100, Daniel Maier wrote:
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> Throttling does not save energy but should keep the CPU cooler.

I'm not trying to be confrontational... but I think there's a physics
problem with this answer.
If the cpu is running cooler it's must be using less power than if it's
running hotter i think. 

In my experience throttling doesn't save much power.

brad