Welcome to Day Three of our pre-launch series. Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 have many features that are geared toward reducing power consumption. In order to achieve greater power savings by processors, they must be able to idle more often and, when they are idle, stay idle for long periods of time.
Three new features of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 work together to accomplish these goals: Core Parking, Intelligent Timer Tick and Timer Coalescing. Let’s start by looking at Core Parking …
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