The Tegra 3 processor - actually has 5 cores. They have 1 core, that operates at a lower clock-speed, and is used for background stuff. Then they spin up the other cores when necessary (for the more resource intensive stuff).
That takes this concept a step further. On Tuesday, April 3, 2012 10:01:19 AM UTC-7, bob wrote: > > I noticed that, on Android, the CPU clock rate changes a lot. For > instance, it may drop from 1 GHz to 100 MHz if not much is going on. Is > this > > an Android thing, or do desktops and other systems do this too? > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/android-discuss/-/oL2ooDKctAwJ. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en.
