Post #1275636
2024-09-02 07:32 UTC
@gsuberland Holy shit.
I just tried this and yes, you're totally right.
The switching regulator get's _vastly_ more efficient at lower voltages.
I saved 20% total energy by reducing the input voltage down to 3.6V (updated blog post):
https://kittenlabs.de/blog/2024/09/01/extreme-pi-boot-optimization/#reducing-input-voltage
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@thomask77@mastodon.gamedev.place 2024-09-02 07:48
@manawyrm @gsuberland would a zstd compressed kernel save some time?