I'm curious about something. Does a processor use more power while its executing instructions than it does while idle? If its running at 50% CPU, does it use more power than at 0%, and less than at 100% busy? Or, does it use the same power whether busy or idle.
I was just thinking about that in relation to my guitar amplifier. I'm pretty sure that the louder I turn up my amp, the more power it takes. I remember looking at the tubes in a bass amp, and each time a note was struck, the tubes glowed brighter. They gradually dimmed as the volume of the note died down. Probably doesn't compare though. Eric Bielefeld Sr. z/OS Systems Programmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin 414-475-7434 ----- Original Message ----- From: "McKown, John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Friday, October 12, 2007 10:25 am Subject: IBM Launches "Mainframe Gas Gauge" in Environmental Push To: [email protected] > http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/22433.wss > > <quote> > Here's how the metering system works: the new IBM solution > monitors a > mainframe's actual energy and cooling statistics (collected by > internalsensors); and presents them in real time on the System ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
