Mobility and Performance - the Intel Performance Power Monitor Gadget for Google Desktop
Intel has released the Google Desktop Sidebar Performance Power Monitor Gadget v1.1 based on feedback from users who have downloaded and used previous versions of Gadget software.
To help developers create mobilized applications with features similar to the Google Desktop Gadget software, we are also providing the sample code for platform discovery.
To help developers create mobilized applications with features similar to the Google Desktop Gadget software, we are also providing the sample code for platform discovery.
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Download & Install Intel Performance Power Monitor Gadget v1.1
Download & Install Intel Performance Power Monitor Gadget v1.1
Introduction
A loose analogy of Newton's third law of motion can sum up the relationship between mobility and performance. When an object is in acted on by one force an equal and opposite force is applied to the object. Although not directly related to each other mobility has a significant impact on performance, just as performance has on mobility. One of the key features of being mobile is not being tied to an electrical power outlet. The longer a battery provides power to a device the more mobile you are. But being mobile isn't beneficial if you can't do what you want or need to do. Typically the more work done, the more power used. This is the principle behind Intel Speedstep® Technology. This paper describes how Intel Speedstep® Technology saves power and the new feature added to the Intel Performance Power, Google Sidebar Gadget shows how and when power is being saved.
A loose analogy of Newton's third law of motion can sum up the relationship between mobility and performance. When an object is in acted on by one force an equal and opposite force is applied to the object. Although not directly related to each other mobility has a significant impact on performance, just as performance has on mobility. One of the key features of being mobile is not being tied to an electrical power outlet. The longer a battery provides power to a device the more mobile you are. But being mobile isn't beneficial if you can't do what you want or need to do. Typically the more work done, the more power used. This is the principle behind Intel Speedstep® Technology. This paper describes how Intel Speedstep® Technology saves power and the new feature added to the Intel Performance Power, Google Sidebar Gadget shows how and when power is being saved.
Battery and Performance
The Google Desktop Performance Power Monitor Gadget monitors CPU utilization, battery charge rate, battery drain rate, percent capacity of the battery as well as the time remaining on the battery (when it is plugged in and when it is not).
The Google Desktop Performance Power Monitor Gadget monitors CPU utilization, battery charge rate, battery drain rate, percent capacity of the battery as well as the time remaining on the battery (when it is plugged in and when it is not).
The Performance Power Monitor Gadget may be configured to sample at a rate of once per second or once every few hours depending on the user's preference. It also keeps a log of the battery charge rate and drain rate. The user has the flexibility to define the number of samples that are recorded in the log as well as an option of manually or automatically refreshing a view of the log.
The Performance Power Monitor logs a record of the charge rate and discharge rate of the battery over time and presents it to the user in the form of a bar graph. The amount of work you can do while on battery depends on how much power the platform is using. The discharge rate will show you just how much power you are using at any one time. On the other side, while the battery is charging, the time it takes to completely charge the battery is not linear. As a battery gets closer to the 100 percent capacity the charge rate slows down. A lot of battery monitors show you the time remaining for the battery to be completely charged. But the Performance Power Monitor will show you the estimat ed time remaining on a good battery if you were to unplug the laptop and start running on battery power.
About the Author
Richard Winterton graduated from Brigham Young University in 1986 with a BS degree in Electrical Engineering and a minor in mathematics. While at Lockheed Martin from 1986-1994, he designed two network ASIC chips and authored 2 network communication protocols that later become SAE and DOD network protocol standards. Richard was a member of a team that wrote an operating system for the U.S. Navy's A-12 Avenger, advanced attack aircraft, wrote the "BIOS" software for the main avionic computer for the F-16 Fighting Falcon and wrote part of the F-16 operating system. Richard attended the University of Texas at Arlington's graduate school, working on a master's degree in Electrical Engineering. In 1994 Richard went to work for Intel Corporation where his first assignment was a senior software engineer developing Intel's LANDesk Management products. Richard’s current position at Intel is an application engineer responsible for software optimization, and enabling engineer, optimizing and enabling applications for Intel's latest and next generation products.
Richard Winterton graduated from Brigham Young University in 1986 with a BS degree in Electrical Engineering and a minor in mathematics. While at Lockheed Martin from 1986-1994, he designed two network ASIC chips and authored 2 network communication protocols that later become SAE and DOD network protocol standards. Richard was a member of a team that wrote an operating system for the U.S. Navy's A-12 Avenger, advanced attack aircraft, wrote the "BIOS" software for the main avionic computer for the F-16 Fighting Falcon and wrote part of the F-16 operating system. Richard attended the University of Texas at Arlington's graduate school, working on a master's degree in Electrical Engineering. In 1994 Richard went to work for Intel Corporation where his first assignment was a senior software engineer developing Intel's LANDesk Management products. Richard’s current position at Intel is an application engineer responsible for software optimization, and enabling engineer, optimizing and enabling applications for Intel's latest and next generation products.
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