Archive for May, 2009
Miserware details
In an update to the miserware post, I’ve been kindly informed that I can reveal the details to you, so here are the stats. These numbers are solely from CPU savings - they exclude savings from power supplies, fans etc.
Server
Energy Saved
Energy Consumed
% CPU Saved
Core2 Duo desktop
6.3 kWh
19.27 kWh
32.7%
Laptop
7.85 kWh
15.74 kWh
49.9%
Core2 Duo server
10.01 kWh
70.28 kWh
14.2%
Sun Fire [...]
Posted: May 25th, 2009 under Linux.
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Startups
For the past few months I’ve been assisting a friend (hi Mat!) who has been working at a young startup company in America. The company is called Miserware and they have some neat software which uses various techniques (including the usual Speedstep etc) in order to reduce the power consumption of your computer. [...]
Posted: May 20th, 2009 under Linux.
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I often think that Java has the worst case of NIH syndrome I’ve ever seen. At other times it’s due to the way it chooses to do things. However that’s little excuse in my opinion - “so don’t do that then” is one possible answer. “Think of the children” (or rather “think of [...]
Posted: May 4th, 2009 under Linux, Linux Rants.
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