Re: Power Efficiency Tradeoffs

2008-01-14 Thread Linus Nielsen Feltzing
Mike Holden wrote: But that's precisely what proportional means - linearly proportional! To be proportional, the two values have to be always at exactly the same ratio, such as y = x * 2. Well, it can also be exponentially or logarithmically proportional, as far as I know. Linus

Re: Power Efficiency Tradeoffs

2008-01-14 Thread Mike Holden
Jerry Van Baren wrote: While power consumption is proportional to clock rate, it isn't necessarily *linearly* proportional But that's precisely what proportional means - linearly proportional! To be proportional, the two values have to be always at exactly the same ratio, such as y = x * 2.

Re: Power Efficiency Tradeoffs

2008-01-14 Thread Mike Holden
Linus Nielsen Feltzing wrote: Mike Holden wrote: But that's precisely what proportional means - linearly proportional! To be proportional, the two values have to be always at exactly the same ratio, such as y = x * 2. Well, it can also be exponentially or logarithmically proportional, as far

Re: Power Efficiency Tradeoffs

2008-01-14 Thread Mark Allums
Linus Nielsen Feltzing wrote: Mike Holden wrote: But that's precisely what proportional means - linearly proportional! To be proportional, the two values have to be always at exactly the same ratio, such as y = x * 2. Well, it can also be exponentially or logarithmically proportional, as