A Huawei engineer changed 20 lines of Linux kernel code, hoping to enable CPU Boost by default on ARM64 servers and let them run at full performance
But an Arm developer poured cold water on the idea, saying that modern chips’ power consumption and thermal limits are too complex: enabling Boost doesn’t necessarily deliver high performance and could instead trigger throttling sooner
Those hoping to maximize performance want a straightforward solution, while chip-architecture developers are more concerned about heat and throttling. Balancing peak performance and stability is really not as simple as changing a default setting
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But an Arm developer poured cold water on the idea, saying that modern chips’ power consumption and thermal limits are too complex: enabling Boost doesn’t necessarily deliver high performance and could instead trigger throttling sooner
Those hoping to maximize performance want a straightforward solution, while chip-architecture developers are more concerned about heat and throttling. Balancing peak performance and stability is really not as simple as changing a default setting
$APE