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wbmw: Is this the same old SpeedStep?

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=6396

This article by our friend, Mike Magee, gives specs for the various Banias and Dothan chips in “performance mode” and “battery mode.” Magee makes it sound as though Banias/Dothan have only two voltage states a la SpeedStep.

When we discussed this at some length a few months ago on the TMTA MB, you posted that Banias will have more than two voltage states and will operate in much the same way as Crusoe’s LongRun, which has multiple voltage states and dynamically adjusts the voltage and power according to the CPU load.

A clarification would be appreciated. T.i.a. Dew