From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Francesco Poli Subject: Units of measurement [was: Re: CPU throttling & power conservation expectations] Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 01:24:02 +0200 Message-ID: <20070328012402.0b704be2.frx@firenze.linux.it> References: <33887.72.165.61.226.1175027715.squirrel@webmail.linuxpowered.net> <1449F58C868D8D4E9C72945771150BDFD96798@SAUSEXMB1.amd.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============1991467395==" Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1449F58C868D8D4E9C72945771150BDFD96798@SAUSEXMB1.amd.com> List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: cpufreq-bounces@lists.linux.org.uk Errors-To: cpufreq-bounces+glkc-cpufreq=gmane.org+glkc-cpufreq=gmane.org@lists.linux.org.uk To: cpufreq@lists.linux.org.uk --===============1991467395== Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg="PGP-SHA1"; boundary="Signature=_Wed__28_Mar_2007_01_24_02_+0200_YE0=KUim1YEW4/HT" --Signature=_Wed__28_Mar_2007_01_24_02_+0200_YE0=KUim1YEW4/HT Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 27 Mar 2007 15:54:30 -0500 Langsdorf, Mark wrote: [...] > Shouldn't power utilization be measured in watts, not > amps? My electrical engineering classes were a long > time ago. Definitely: adopting the International System of Units (SI), we have * the watt (symbol: W) is the SI unit of power * the ampere (symbol: A) is the SI unit of electric current * the volt (symbol: V) is the SI unit of electric potential difference See http://www.bipm.fr/ for further details: especially http://www.bipm.fr/en/si/si_brochure/chapter2/2-1/ampere.html http://www.bipm.fr/en/si/si_brochure/chapter2/2-2/table3.html Just in case yours was a serious question... ;-)=20 --=20 http://frx.netsons.org/doc/nanodocs/etch_workstation_install.html Need to read a Debian etch installation walk-through? ..................................................... Francesco Poli . GnuPG key fpr =3D=3D C979 F34B 27CE 5CD8 DC12 31B5 78F4 279B DD6D FCF4 --Signature=_Wed__28_Mar_2007_01_24_02_+0200_YE0=KUim1YEW4/HT Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGCaebePQnm91t/PQRAvgZAJ9boZkGuw02sfYi6lo6uRYwE2zyugCeIHuy 9v1uW31XyZdkYnePa903ROo= =Fime -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Signature=_Wed__28_Mar_2007_01_24_02_+0200_YE0=KUim1YEW4/HT-- --===============1991467395== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ Cpufreq mailing list Cpufreq@lists.linux.org.uk http://lists.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/cpufreq --===============1991467395==--