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[radiant wedge]

I'm a liittle confused on this post, because Intel does make ULP processors

[neon basin]

think powerbills need to increase 10 times before people start considering it
i turn off turbo and run my gpu at 95W(also becouse hot weather)
think you need to make people want it before company's want to sell it
these story's are lacking details that convice people

[neon basin]

pc build challenges with 100w limitation? i would love that
highest fps wins xD
but thats just one branch of hardware innovation corner

low powered chips is good for everything, my goal would be shutting down coal powerplants, but there are unlimited other reasons

but x86 has more intructions, feels like asking an elephant to win from the mouse in hide and seek(skinny elephant=laptop, fat mouse=ARM data server)
i think both chips(arm/x86) just naturaly go their own direction

i think we need an serious upgrade in battery tech(solar/wind power getting wasted), maybe unreachable :(
lower power cpu's, and low power everything else would help the world's buffer endure(no matter what your power grid looks like)
low power chips+in-building battery=no power outage(how long?)

:)

[radiant wedge]

Here's the problem, you won't find a lot of PSUs that are efficient at those low power numbers. The PSU's efficiency matters. With an 850W 80+ gold for example, you might idle at 120W, whereas with an 850 T2 with a noctua fan can idle around 100W or even dip below 100W. Just changing the fan on a PSU with a noctua fan can actually increase the PSU's efficiency rating to the point it would go up another level on the 80+ level (like 80+ gold >>> 80 + platinum). Swapping the stock PSU fan with a Noctua fan, especailly on older models, can save upwards of 4 watts when at full speed, just from the max fan amperage, but not inlcuding the reduction in losses you get from cooling the PSU to like 30C vs fan stop at 50C.