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Re:Using Saliency in progressive JPEG XL images by teraflop on Friday September 10, 2021 @06:07AM (#28479570)
With battery-powered devices being so common, "fast enough" is no longer the only criterion for performance. Every cycle that the CPU doesn't spend idle subtracts from battery life.
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Re:Using Saliency in progressive JPEG XL images by ben_w on Friday September 10, 2021 @07:28AM (#28480032)
Anything you could do live 26 years ago can be done today with an infinitesimal fraction of a modern mobile chip.
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Re:Using Saliency in progressive JPEG XL images by thrwyoilarticle on Friday September 10, 2021 @09:04AM (#28480934)
>Every cycle that the CPU doesn't spend idle

Such as time spent networking?

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Re:Using Saliency in progressive JPEG XL images by gilrain on Friday September 10, 2021 @09:20AM (#28481129)
Network latency will dwarf CPU time in that case; the CPU can idle while waiting for responses.
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