Intel will show off its upcoming Yonah processor in two weeks and showcase a technology that lets one processing core sleep while the other one drives.
Called Dynamic Power Coordination, or DPC, the technology is a way to conserve energy in dual-core chips, Mooly Eden, vice president of the Mobility Group at Intel said in an interview with CNET News.com on Thursday. When workloads are light, DPC will slow down one processor core to extend battery life.
"The power consumption of each one of the cores is totally different from the other core," he said.
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Mar 18, 2005, 07:47 AM
