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- From: sm86+@andrew.cmu.edu (Stefan Monnier)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.m68k
- Subject: Re: Minimum speed on processors
- Message-ID: <oecK_3i00Vot82UFdG@andrew.cmu.edu>
- Date: 30 Aug 92 16:06:27 GMT
- Article-I.D.: andrew.oecK_3i00Vot82UFdG
- References: <7Hj-kv#@engin.umich.edu> <1992Aug27.153424.7602@rtsg.mot.com>
- <1992Aug30.000335.15042@crs-sys.uucp>
- Organization: Junior, Math/Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
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- In-Reply-To: <1992Aug30.000335.15042@crs-sys.uucp>
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- Excerpts from netnews.comp.sys.m68k: 30-Aug-92 Re: Minimum speed on
- proces.. Chris Gregors@crs-sys.uu (756)
-
- > In article <1992Aug27.153424.7602@rtsg.mot.com> you write:
- > >Just another datapoint: the 68332 can be clocked down to DC (0)
-
- > Sounds pretty pointless... run the processor at 0Mhz! The *ONLY* possible
- > reason for doing that would be the power consumption. But the 68332 has a
- > low power stop 'LSTOP' instruction.
-
- > Granted, Motorola doesn't spec a minimum Tcyc but in _typical_ operations,
- > the 332 is driven by a 32.678KHz watch crystal beaten up to 16.777MHz.
- > Therefore using the divisors in the Clock Synthesizer Control Reg (SYNCR)
- > you can get a nice ssslllllloooooooowwwwww 131KHz operation.
-
- > --
- > | Chris Gregors crisis!crs@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca and/or c$erve = 72227,117 |
- > | Life's a bitch, and then, only if you are really lucky, you get to die (me)|
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-
- In fact get down to 0Mhz is not the point.
- But in order to be able to have a low power mode (LSTOP or whatever),
- they need to design a full static chip. And this has as a side effect
- that there isn't any more lower limit on frequency !
-
- In fact, LSTOP is (internally) about the same as fixing frequency to 0Hz
- (or something quite low)
-
- Stefan Monnier
-
- PS: maybe someone better informed could bring some precisions !
-
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