LucidLogix GPU Virtualization to Reform Entertainment PC Power Consumption

Cheeseball · Dec 30, 2010

22W (constant) is the difference between 1:19hr of operating time on my ASUS 1201N (Dual-core Atom w/ ION, non-Optimus). That's pretty big to me.

Mussels · Dec 30, 2010

Swamp Monster said:
I kind of don't understand the usefulness of this thing, because GPU load @ desktop is already about 1%, and many modern Graphics cards use about 20W when idle. This thing could be useful only if it completely disables external graphics somehow(20W less power usage then).

*Edit* Or this is a gimmick to make use of otherwise not so useful embedded GPU, because it couldn't run games anyway?

laptops, laptops laptops.

even saving 20W there at idle could amount to many minutes of battery time.

ToTTenTranz · Dec 30, 2010

Wow, 3 people saying the exact same thing.

Fourstaff · Dec 30, 2010

Please do not screw this up, I had high hopes for Lucid Hydra, but it was not as well implemented :/

Swamp Monster · Dec 30, 2010

Ok, I get it - Laptops :laugh:

Mussels · Dec 30, 2010

ToTTenTranz said:
Wow, 3 people saying the exact same thing.

TPU hivemind seems to be operating with zerg like efficiency today.

Steevo · Dec 30, 2010

Doesn't ATI and Nvidia already do this. I know ATI has hybrid crossfire, and with the new APU's coming out I suppose they are planning on more of the same when a discreet GPU is present.

It seems like a good idea, but about 5 years late.

Plus most laptops only have one gpu, and the few that do have more than one, almost need to be run on power to game on anyway. The new Fusion APU is claiming 9.5 hours already on a laptop with a tiny battery.

entropy13 · Dec 30, 2010

Hybrid Crossfire only worked with AMD chipsets
Hybrid SLi only worked with Nvidia chipsets

Optimus only works for Nvidia GPUs
A similar feature is used by Acer in some of their laptops equipped with AMD GPUs

Steevo · Dec 30, 2010

This is for CPU's that aren't out yet, on laptops that don't exist yet, with the possibility that it might be included in hardware.

PopcornMachine · Dec 30, 2010

This is the kind of thing that makes integrated graphics systems like Sandy Bridge more attractive to me.

Otherwise, I'm buying an embedded GPU that I'm never going to use.

What would be really cool is switching to use both integrated and discrete outputs at the same time.

micropage7 · Dec 31, 2010

Mussels said:
shiny. i want it.

it looks pretty promising since processor goes multi cores and there are not fully utilize, it would be a breakthru while some done by processor and rest flow on graphic card

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LucidLogix GPU Virtualization to Reform Entertainment PC Power Consumption

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