Hi Robert, The ARM Cortex-A53 is an example of a multi-core CPU that supports clock gating on its cores.
It's technical reference manual: https://community.arm.com/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/80/DDI0515A3b_5F00_juno_5F00_arm_5F00_development_5F00_platform_5F00_soc_5F00_trm.pdf Other modern ASICs use similar schemes. Tony On Wed, Jul 22, 2026 at 12:12 PM Robert Raszuk - robert at raszuk.net < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi Rob, > > Could you provide some real examples of those "modern ASICs" where you can > turn on/off parts of it ? > > Any pointers to APIs you could share would also be nice. > > Thx, > R. > > > On Wed, Jul 22, 2026 at 10:31 AM Rob Evans <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > Also the simplicity of the pizza box the electronics is minimal and >> the main power draw is just the ASIC. As mentioned my Robert all you can >> do is turn off SFP laser. >> >> I'm not in Vienna, so this may be out of context. However, as a >> standalone statement that isn't true for many modern ASICs, where you >> can power off parts of the ASIC that aren't being used. >> >> Cheers, >> Rob >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Lsr mailing list -- [email protected] >> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >> > _______________________________________________ > Lsr mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >
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