The company says it was able to do this because Haswell is more aggressive at cutting voltages to the parts of its architecture that do not need it.
"The system is smart enough to know it's not being used for those nanoseconds. That's the kind of granular power management at the chip level that we've never had before."
Intel has achieved this by integrating a voltage regulator into its chip's architecture for the first time. In the past as many as seven additional third-party chips were needed to take care of this task. An added benefit is that space is saved inside the computer.
Mr Shenoy added that his firm had also worked with companies who make other components used in PCs to ensure they are optimised to complement Haswell's power regulation abilities.
My Special Notes: I wonder what e.Digital thinks about this type of implementation?
