In article <5393dd6a$0$29988$c3e8da3$54964...@news.astraweb.com>, Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info> wrote:
> On Sat, 07 Jun 2014 20:09:37 -0400, Roy Smith wrote: > > > We've also got machines that are so fast, it's not longer critical that > > we squeeze out every last iota of performance. Oh, but wait, now we're > > trying to do absurd things like play full-motion video games on phones, > > where efficiency equates to battery life. Sigh. > > That's where there needs to be a concerted push to develop more efficient > CPUs and memory, in the engineering sense of efficiency (i.e. better > power consumption, not speed). In desktop and server class machines, > increasing speed has generated more and more waste heat, to the point > where Google likes to build its server farms next to rivers to reduce > their air conditioning costs. You can't afford to do that on a battery. > > Even for desktops and servers, I'd prefer to give up, say, 80% of future > speed gains for a 50% reduction in my electricity bill. For desktops, I'm more concerned about physical size. On my desk at work, I have a Mac Mini. It's about 8 inches square, by an inch and a half high. It sits in a corner of my desk and doesn't take up much room. The guy that sits next to me has a Dell running Linux. It's about 8 inches wide, 15 inches deep, and 24 inches high. In terms of CPU, memory, disk, video, networking, etc, they have virtually identical specs. I've never compared the power consumption, but I assume his eats many time the electricity mine does (not to mention makes more noise). -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
