Is the C3 possible with SMP?

Dana H. Myers dana.myers at gmail.com
Fri Nov 21 18:05:07 PST 2008


Ian Smith wrote:
> On Fri, 21 Nov 2008, Kevin Oberman wrote:

>  > > >> 1. Looks like it does not kill the timer.
>  > > >> 2. I haven't got any benefit from it in idle state. According to 
>  > > >> `acpiconf -i 0` I have about 13 Amps (IMHO more looks like Watts) with 
> 
> That'll be Watts, for sure.  13 Amps would be somewhere between ~120W 
> and ~180W depending on the battery voltage, and 36 Amps (below) would be 
> 400W or more .. handy, maybe, for cooking breakfast on your touchpad :)

While I suspect the value is indeed Watts, I do not know
why you're thinking 36A would indicate 400W or more.  Modern
CPUs typically run at relatively low voltages between 1.0V
and 1.6V and proportionately high current.

Dana


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