On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 08:38:37PM -0700, Dave Taht wrote: > This uses the phrase 'energy efficient' in a way I'm not familiar.
ARM has reasonable energy efficiency but low absolute performance. E.g. N40L has a TDP of 15 W, but it does offer useful horsepower http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu_lookup.php?cpu=AMD+Turion+II+Neo+N40L+Dual-Core if compared to current Atom or current ARM. Ability to stick 8 GByte ECC memory is also not something you'll get with an ARM or Atom box. > The dreamplug boxes draw 5w. What phrase can be used to distinguish the two? There are definite advantages for fanless low-power operation -- e.g. when you're running on battery-buffered solar power. In a typical home setting, the difference between 5 W and 18 W is neglible. _______________________________________________ Freedombox-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/freedombox-discuss
