Re:Pointers Are More Abstract Than You Might Expect in C
by slededit on Monday July 02, 2018 @12:30PM
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> Hardware doesn't just get turned off for conforming programs. Its there consuming energy and giving off heat on all of them.
Idle CMOS transistors don't have very much leakage current. They do consume some power but not much. Intel has gotten a lot better about clock gating ensuring more of the chip is truly idle.
Idle CMOS transistors don't have very much leakage current. They do consume some power but not much. Intel has gotten a lot better about clock gating ensuring more of the chip is truly idle.