On Mon, May 22, 2000 at 02:35:13PM +0200, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > On Thu, May 18, 2000, Sven LUTHER <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >So this mean that the G3 and G4 cpus have both the equivalent of > >speedstep/whatever that AMD & Intel are introducing as a big novelty ? > > > > Yes, they do, Intel did nothing new in this regard. The G3 can monitor > it's own junction temperature, can be programmed to fire exceptions when > reaching a given level, and can control it's instruction cache throttle > (which impact the speed and power consumption) via the ICTC register. > This along with other power management features like DOZE and NAP modes, > etc...
Thought so, and the G3 will also halt itself when a certain heat is acheived in order to not burn itself, isn't it ? Friendly, Sven LUTHER
