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Why is TDP Rating So Very Important?
TDP pertains to power that is used up when the system is being used.
i) It affects the cooling system. For higher TDPs, active cooling techniques such as
cooling fans and cooling tubes may become necessary. This increases the bulk of
the system and portability is affected. Obviously, tablets and mobile phones cannot
use such cooling techniques.
ii) A great majority of computing platforms now conform to the ‘mobile’ category.
Desktops have given way to notebooks, which we call laptops. Tablets and mobile
phones are also computing devices. All these are battery operated and for long bat-
tery life, a low TDP is very essential.
18.4.5 | Power Management
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