From: Juan Marchini (marchini@ds18.scri.fsu.edu)
Date: 08/06/93


From: marchini@ds18.scri.fsu.edu (Juan Marchini)
Subject: Re: Linux and the PowerPC
Date: Fri, 6 Aug 1993 12:33:33 GMT


>At 66 MHZ the MPC601 consumes 9 watts vs Pentiums 13 watts. It
>seems that this is due mostly to voltage, as the MPC601 uses 3.6 Volts
>as opposed to the Pentium's 5 Volts. (In fact, since power is
>proportional to V^2 the MPC601 would use quite a bit more power
                                                      ^^^^
>than the Pentium at 5V).

don't you mean, quite a bit less??? (3.6)^2 is certainly not as much
as (5)^2.

juan