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Subject: Re: iRiver playback patch => better sound quality!

Re: iRiver playback patch => better sound quality!

From: Tomas <tomas_at_salfischberger.nl>
Date: 2005-06-07

BlueChip wrote:

> I understand that it will be >100, and the faster it is, the more
> stuff can be done at the same time (display updates, etc) ...but what
> is a realistic figure beyond which optimisations are merely a
> demonstration of coding skill?

No, the more we get over the 100%, the less time the cpu has to run at
the maximum speed. And everybody knows that running the cpu at higher
speeds uses more battery. So optimizations lengthen battery time. That's
why we want codecs to run as optimized as possible.

Tomas
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