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hrjet on Jan 29, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: AMD reveals its first ARM processor: 8-core Optero...

> More gates = more power.

This is not strictly true, the processor throughput also matters.

Total Power consumed = Power consumed by gates * Time taken to finish the job

green7ea on Jan 29, 2014 | [–]

There's another variable to throw into the mix: all gates are not created equal. A 28nm (this new processor) takes a lot more power than a 22nm (new intel processors) gate.

dnautics on Jan 29, 2014 | [–]

strictly speaking:

Total energy consumed = Power * Time

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