By: slacker (s.delete@this.lack.er), November 20, 2010 11:31 pm
Room: Moderated Discussions
Groo (charlie@semiaccurate.com) on 11/20/10 wrote:
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>I didn't ask that question, I asked about how much power it consumes when it does
>miss. By your rather desperate dodge and childish attacks, I can only infer that
>it is quite a painful number for you to talk about.
The question itself seems misguided; Power consumption can go up, down, or stay the same after a cache miss.
Energy consumption for task completion is virtually guaranteed to go up in the event of a cache miss, however.
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>I didn't ask that question, I asked about how much power it consumes when it does
>miss. By your rather desperate dodge and childish attacks, I can only infer that
>it is quite a painful number for you to talk about.
The question itself seems misguided; Power consumption can go up, down, or stay the same after a cache miss.
Energy consumption for task completion is virtually guaranteed to go up in the event of a cache miss, however.