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treebeard280 t1_isaduh1 wrote

Am I understanding correctly that this means computers will now use less power to perform the same task?

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comments247 t1_isanrth wrote

Or more power, depending how you look at it.

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whenhaveiever t1_isbouao wrote

If it's fewer steps per calculation, why would it take more power per task?

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KantusFury t1_iscg2h1 wrote

Because they are improving so fast that they will reach a point in which they will need more power to do even bigger calculations. Rinse and repeat

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