http://www.news.com/Linux-coders-tackle-power-efficiency/2100-1007_3-6192865.html?tag=cd.top
This website just talks a little bit on how linux programmers are trying to make a new tickless kernel that will have a processor which works in a lower power state. They are trying to do this by using a software called, PowerTop, which allows for a user to find out which software runs at high alert and others that don’t. In recent years, chipmakers have given microprocessors the ability to drop down into lower-power states when they don’t need to run full throttle. The chip’s internal frequency slows, voltage levels drop, and electrical consumption tapers down.
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