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Re:Linux ate my RAM by runako on Monday November 11, 2013 @09:33AM (#6711736)
You're only accounting for the RAM power. Accessing the SSD costs power, too.
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Re:Linux ate my RAM by tedunangst on Monday November 11, 2013 @09:57AM (#6711872)
Then I think I'd rather Windows prefetched my programs while I'm plugged in so it doesn't have to do so when I'm on battery.
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Re:Linux ate my RAM by tanzam75 on Monday November 11, 2013 @11:29AM (#6712355)
> You're only accounting for the RAM power. Accessing the SSD costs power, too.

A typical modern SSD reads at 500 MiB/s, consumes 3 watts when reading, and 0.3 watts when idle.

A stick of DDR3 RAM consumes about 3 watts, just sitting idle.

The power consumption from prefetching is minor compared to that of the RAM.

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