Saving frequency scaling in the data center
Saving frequency scaling in the data center
Posted May 22, 2020 10:26 UTC (Fri) by LtWorf (subscriber, #124958)In reply to: Saving frequency scaling in the data center by josh
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Unfortunately the workload of browsers is to take a lot of CPU permanently so that websites can run their useless js.
In the case of browsers, the entire idea of making the CPU running faster to get the work done sooner does not work, because it's just endless loops all over the place.
Posted May 24, 2020 0:10 UTC (Sun)
by josh (subscriber, #17465)
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Saving frequency scaling in the data center
That's a problem to be solved in browsers. The OS's job is to run the workloads given to it, and to attempt to balance power and performance in doing so.