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Originally Posted by jakiman View Post
Well, not really. It's not specifically due to battery life IMO.
Faster cpu means it spends less time at high frequency.
Wrong calculation. To work on high frequency the CPU currents should be increased proportionally (linear). But energy consumption increases quadratically (W = R * I * I). So, the linear increase in CPU performance is adjusted by quadruple increase in power consumption.

EDIT: well, I am not completely honest in this calculation, only part of CPU wires is a subject of that and I didn't take into account the decreased time. However, it is true - per any given number of CPU cycles the high frequency cycles take more energy.

Last edited by egoshin; 2010-04-11 at 17:59.
 

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