OLPC upgrades

Samuel Klein sj at laptop.org
Fri Jan 30 11:25:37 EST 2009


On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 9:18 AM, Frank Ch. Eigler <fche at redhat.com> wrote:
> Mitch Bradley <wmb at laptop.org> writes:
>
>> [...]  It's also worth pointing out that the new low-power x86
>> processors, Atom being the poster child, are still stuck with
>> power-hungry support chips - memory and display controllers.  That
>> might change "soon", but for now it's still the case.  [...]
>
> According to the ACPI battery gauges under Fedora 10, my Fujitsu U820
> UMPC (Atom Z530, Poulsbo GMA500 MCH/graphics) takes around 6W *total*
> during light webby operations.

What do those same gauges tell you about an XO under F10?

SJ



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