CPUs are insanely inefficient.Fast, yes. They run at billions of calculations per second. But they also carry around a bit of bloat.Bloat is one of the biggest tiny issues affecting tech today. A CPU -- Intel and AMD come to mind -- have instruction sets that are rather large. It takes energy to cart all… Continue reading Take some RISC
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CPU Load Isn’t A Performance Indicator
Ever. Let me clarify. While CPU Load has value, it's interpretation depends on a thorough understanding of what it's actually indicating and why. It's no longer meaningful as performance indicator, because it suggests a physical CPU's ability to keep up with some processing load. This is easily grossly misinterpreted and misunderstood. Why is this a… Continue reading CPU Load Isn’t A Performance Indicator
