Hello all,
I'm doing an analysis of trends in the energy efficiency of
computation over time (for details, see the first report listed at
http://www.intel.com/pressroom/kits/ecotech)
.
I'm using standardized performance measure from previous work by Bill
Nordhaus at Yale, and then attaching measured power use to the
machines for which Bill estimated performance.
I got measured power data for the DEC PDP-1, PDP-4, and PDP-8 from
Gordon Bell (now at Microsoft, who worked on these machines back in
the day) but am seeking measured power use for some of the other
machines listed below. I understand that some of these machines may
not be unitary and so power measurements are more complicated. I'm
interested in the sum of power consumption for the CPU, memory, and
hard drives for typical configuration of the machines listed below.
Ideally, this power measurement would be taken when the machine is
running full bore, but I'll take what I can get.
Does anyone have any measured power use handy?
Thanks,
Jon Koomey
Power use
Watts
1960 Digital PDP-1 2160 From Gordon Bell
1962 DEC PDP-4 1125 From Gordon Bell
1965 DEC PDP-8 780 From Gordon Bell
1968 DEC PDP-10 (KA10)
1971 DEC PDP-11/20
1972 DEC PDP-11/05 (11/10)
1972 DEC PDP-11/45
1972 DEC PDP-10 (KI10)
1973 DEC PDP-11/40
1975 DEC PDP-11/03 (LSI-11)
1975 DEC PDP-11/04
1975 DEC PDP-11/70
1975 DEC PDP-10 (KL10/DEC2060)
1976 DEC PDP-11/34
1976 DEC PDP-11/55
1977 DEC PDP-11/60
1978 DEC PDP-11/34C
1978 Digital VAX 780
1979 DEC VAX 11/780
1983 DEC VAX 11/730
1983 Digital VAX 750
1985 DEC VAX 11/750
1985 DEC VAX 11/780
1986 DEC VAX 8550
1987 DEC VAX 8350
1990 DEC VAX 6000-210
1990 DEC VAX 6000-460
1993 DEC 7000-610
1994 DEC 10000-610
1997 DEC 8400/5/350 x6
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Jonathan G. Koomey, Ph.D.
Project Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Consulting Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental
Engineering, Stanford University