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Re:Intel updates mysterious ‘software-defined silicon’ code ... by acchow on Wednesday December 08, 2021 @04:23PM (#29490703)
What did that circuit board do?
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Re:Intel updates mysterious ‘software-defined silicon’ code ... by AnimalMuppet on Wednesday December 08, 2021 @06:14PM (#29491815)
Might have added some capacitance or something to the system clock, so that it didn't cycle as quickly.
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Re:Intel updates mysterious ‘software-defined silicon’ code ... by outworlder on Wednesday December 08, 2021 @04:26PM (#29490737)
Hardware-based sleep()? :)
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