Compute Efficiency Debate
Discussions revolve around comparing computing power in terms of cost per operation, power consumption per joule, and utility across devices like CPUs, mobile SoCs, and servers, questioning whether raw speed or efficiency matters more.
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True, it's not all about computing cycles :)
Compare this with CPU operations per second per dollar and it paints a totally different story
Why can't it be used for general computing?
If you only get 5% of the power of the device why not simply use the CPUs?
We're not talking about computing power here, are we?
Yeah, they probably just plain economize on compute there.
Probably worse on power consumption as well as price per MIP.
As long as the man hours invested cost less then a more potent cpu in all devices sold
It depends. There is a lot of devices with quite capable cpus that are mostly doing nothing.
I don't think they're targeting people who want or need powerful CPUs