XPost: sci.electronics.design   
   From: tnp@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 23/08/2024 11:07, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote:   
   > On Fri, 23 Aug 2024 10:36:20 +0100   
   > The Natural Philosopher  wrote:   
   >   
   >> I think that as a desktop machine Pi 4s and 5s power consumption is   
   >> approaching that of a good intel chipset *for equivalent performance*.   
   >   
   > 	The rise of ARM caused Intel and AMD to pay a *lot* more attention   
   > to power consumption which has indeed resulted in the gap closing   
   > especially at desktop levels of performance.   
   >   
   Well MIPs per mW is where its at these days as parallelism can sorta   
   increase MIPS to whatever level you want.   
      
   Funnily enuff, the race to more MIPS is likely to drive adoption of   
   nuclear power more than any other factor...   
      
   I don't see data centres 'throttling back' servers after sunset, or on   
   calm days...   
      
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