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Article #617528Re: 68060 Power
From: Andreas Kohlbach
Date: Sun, 03 Dec 2017 21:55
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On Sun, 3 Dec 2017 00:30:50 -0800 (PST), Quadibloc wrote: > > I had to dig a bit, as the Wikipedia article didn't give a figure - but the 68060 > used about 5 watts of power; this varied depending on which clock rate version one > used. If the data you dug up is accurate, why not updating Wikipedia? > In comparison, the first Pentium used about 15 watts of power - today a small > amount of power, suitable for laptop processors, but back then it prompted > columnists to speak of being able to "fry eggs" on the processor. > > The 68060, of course, was a dead end - and its FPU was not pipelined, which badly > limited its performance for number-crunching. > > This is in comparison to the original 68000, which used 1.75 watts of power. Quite > different from today's processors, which might use, say, 90 watts. Would probably also have been a nice CPU for space probes then. A quick search doesn't say any space probe would had use it though. There might still be more less power hungry microprocessors... -- Andreas You know you are a redneck if the trunk of your car is tied down and you're not hauling anything.
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