Re: Viglen MPC-L - Tiny £99 Linux PC

[Stuart Poulton <stuart.poulton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 2008-12-02 at 11:43 +0000, Jon Wilkins wrote:
> It's a shame they don't say more about its "Ultra Low energy
profile" - l=
ike
> "typical" power consumption figures.  The claim they make
below is quite
> interesting:
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>     "it's ultra-low energy consumption profile means it only
costs around=
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> a year to run."
>     "Sounds too good to be true?"
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>      Yes.  It does.
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> Some quick fag-packet paths suggest that *if* electricity was still 9p
/ =
kWh
> ( e.g forgetting the 'higher rate' unit costs) then this thing must
consu=
me
> *less than 1.2w*.  Of course, I'm assuming it's on 24/7...  if they
only
> expect the unit to be on 1 hr per day then I guess that allows 30w
> consumption.   I expect they mean 8hrs / day which would mean 10w
which
> still seems pretty impressive.
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> jon

These devices are using the AMD Geode chipset, typically the LX800 chip,
this chip on it's own uses no more than 0.9W, it's the additional bolts
ons that drive this figure up.

I'd say you'll find that this device running flat out will used less
than your PC when it's switched off.





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