I see that the apple watch only has one core, and was wondering how the number of cores affects battery life in general?
yey1
I can image that parallel codes can make Apps run faster. But I was wondering if it would also consume much more power and drain the battery ridiculously fast. Currently I need to charge my iPhone everyday.
taobingxue
It seems multi-cores won't affects battery a lot.
Smartphones need more power mainly because of the high-frequency components (4GHz) we are using and smartphones are doing much more things than before like to connect the internet.
ferozenaina
Dynamic power consumption is linear with clock speed. A 2Ghz single core would consume more power than a 1Ghz dual core due to other overheads too.
ferozenaina
@yey1 - older phones were typically bulkier and had more battery capacity with smaller screens.
In phones, the main power drain is the high-res display and NOT the ARM processors.
I see that the apple watch only has one core, and was wondering how the number of cores affects battery life in general?
I can image that parallel codes can make Apps run faster. But I was wondering if it would also consume much more power and drain the battery ridiculously fast. Currently I need to charge my iPhone everyday.
It seems multi-cores won't affects battery a lot. Smartphones need more power mainly because of the high-frequency components (4GHz) we are using and smartphones are doing much more things than before like to connect the internet.
Dynamic power consumption is linear with clock speed. A 2Ghz single core would consume more power than a 1Ghz dual core due to other overheads too.
@yey1 - older phones were typically bulkier and had more battery capacity with smaller screens.
In phones, the main power drain is the high-res display and NOT the ARM processors.