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Comment: Re:The real question is (Score 1) 117

Remember that intel had and still has an arm licence, and when they did make their own arm processors the xscale had one of the best power to performance ratios available, while also having very effective frequency scaling and power management..

Even if it was an Apple designed SoC the quality of Intel's foundries are unmatched really, so for the same chip they would have received a higher quality product.

It's my opinion that, yes it would have been better.

Comment: Re:Chips with 5x lower power consumption? (Score 1) 82

by Amouth (#43648847) Attached to: Intel Details Silvermont Microarchitecture For Next-Gen Atoms

well a quick google search for "laptop power consumption by component" first link is a PDF

http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.87.5604&rep=rep1&type=pdf

Which is a fairly nicely done research paper, sure in idle the screen is the most, but under load the CPU dominates, and that is very true even in a lot of newer laptops..

Comment: Re:Chips with 5x lower power consumption? (Score 4, Insightful) 82

by Amouth (#43645115) Attached to: Intel Details Silvermont Microarchitecture For Next-Gen Atoms

During lower power states and standby states, the comms units, the display, etc. can all consume way more power than the core.

Which is great really, because only a few years ago it was top of the list for power consumption. once it gets to the bottom, then we can start picking up the next heavy hitter to power consumption. It makes sense to work on what is hurting the most, and the CPU was hurting the most, now we can shift focus on to the next big one. Although that doesn't mean the CPU group should slow down, else they will soon be back at the top of that list.

Comment: Re:Indigenous vs. Immigrants? (Score 2) 484

by Amouth (#43425565) Attached to: Zuckerberg Lobbies For More Liberal Immigration Policies

unfortunately I don't know what that is

Skilled trades, actual physical skill trades. Welding, fabrication, millwright, crane operator, etc. there are so many open jobs for people with training, skills, certifications/licenses. Problem is for the last two decades we have been pushing everyone to go get a 4 year degree to get a cushy office job. the reality is there are only so many of them, in the end someone has to go out in the field and do the work.

Comment: Re:It's sucks, but they're sorta' right. (Score 1) 332

by Amouth (#43415683) Attached to: IRS Can Read Your Email Without Warrant

You know i wonder if you could argue another angle, the "and effects". Every e-mail I write is my own work, which has it's own copyright. the Media industry has pushed extremely hard for more than a decade to have digital copies of copyrighted works be treated as if they were physical goods. under that logic, them copying/reading my e-mails is equivalent to them stealing my personal copyrighted works.

Just a random thought to throw out there.

Comment: Re:Safer? (Score 1) 615

The other thing not mentioned, a lot of the older ones were called tactical nukes. Something like the Davy Crocket which was launched from a ground artillery piece from a couple of miles away and was small yield. Meant for a Russian tank column. The A-4 and I think F-111 could both carry small nuclear bombs which we no longer have. We don't use those anymore and things like that probably accounted for half of what we used to have.

Ahh,, "Atomic Annie", honestly i would love to be the guy that got to test fire that.. even if it meant dying of cancer at an early age.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M65_Atomic_Cannon

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