From: gah@ugcs.caltech.edu   
      
   Abid  wrote:   
      
   > It seems that the Power Wall is becoming a major  issue, especially for High   
   > Performance Computing. Current compilers work has two dimensional model,   
   i.e.,   
   > all the optimization phases are targeted either towards reducing execution   
   > time or code size. My question is: Do we need to change this model and make   
   it   
   > three dimensional by adding power axis in the search space? If yes, then we   
   > have to revisit all the phases and adjust them or come up with  new cost   
   > models for these phases.   
      
   It should be energy, not power. You can always reduce the power by   
   doing the calculation slower. Energy is power times time (more   
   generally, the integral of E(t)dt).   
      
   -- glen   
      
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