[Arm-netbook] EU restricting power consumption of discrete chips

[luke.leighton]

On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 2:28 PM, Gordan Bobic <gordan at bobich.net> wrote:
> On 10/16/2012 02:17 PM, luke.leighton wrote:
>> http://www.nordichardware.com/news/71-graphics/46718-eu-cripples-future-graphics-cards-exclusive-.html
>>
>> this is... fascinating.
>
> Putting a limit on it in W, I could understand. But in GB/s? This is a
> serious WTF.
>
> Unless, of course, there is a hidden subtext in the sense they don't
> want powerful hardware to be easily available to people for purposes
> such as encryption cracking.

 ... ahh, i love such conspiracy theories :)

 more info - comments indicating that the article is just poor journalism:

 "Yeah, they've posted the wrong link (it's an outdated preliminary
study), the actual draft of the policy is here:
http://www.eup-network.de/fileadmin/user_upload/Computers-Draft-Regulation-subject-to-ISC.PDF

Now it should be mentioned that whoever wrote this article fails
horribly at basic reading comprehension/is trying to grab attention by
spewing sensationalist BS because the draft is BEING MISINTERPRETED
HORRIBLY. THERE IS NO MENTION OF ACTUALLY TRYING TO LIMIT THE TOTAL
POWER CONSUMPTION OF GPUS OR PERFORMANCE, THEY'RE JUST CATEGORISING
THEM INTO DIFFERENT PERFORMANCE GROUPS AND SETTING REASONABLE LIMITS
FOR IDLE/SLEEP POWER DRAW FOR EACH CATEGORY.

Perfectly reasonable if you ask me, it can only benefit the end user
if their devices aren't being horribly inefficient when they're not
actually putting all their resources to use. Apart from that they're
also seeking to enforce the 80+ bronze standard for PSUs, another
thing that actually benefits the consumer."