Replies to post #2761 on Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

[jhalada]

wbmw,

I think it is a great idea to use laptop chip for servers, or, a chip that supports laptop-like features, especially the adaptive clock speed and frequency adjustments. I think there is a great percentage of servers out there that are idle 99% of time and have short bursts of activity 1% of the time. This would provide excellent energy savings, and, assuming a number of servers in the server rooms have this functionality, he overall cooling, powering could be reduced.

I like the environment angle of this. It shows that with human ingenuity, you can have _more_ computing power for _less_ electric power. (Unlike the environmentalist activists who keep talking about what we can't or shouldn't do (or have) to help the environment).

Of course process shrinks do that as well, but this is on top of the shrinks, and it is more dramatic.

Joe