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From: Wes Felter <wesley@felter.org>
Subject: Re: Metrics for comparing power savings of patches...
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 13:31:36 -0500
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Scott Thompson wrote:

> Also, if anyone knows of any free benchmarks, best practices, or 
> guidelines for trying to do comparative power analysis for patches 
> with wattmeters please let me know.

The gold standard appears to be the SPECpower methodology. 
http://www.spec.org/power_ssj2008/docs/SPECpower-Methodology.pdf 
Unfortunately, I've heard their certified power meters are quite expensive.

Wes Felter - wesley@felter.org