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C States (ACPI #3)
Power saving states used by the PROCESSOR (CPU) today to reduce power usage during decreased usage or non-use.
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07/20/2010
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C States
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Allow the processor to shut down its internal components.
Used by the processor to reduce power usage during periods of decreased usage or non use.
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C0
 Definition
Normal Operation
Term
Higher than C0
 Definition
CPU Shuts down internal components such as the core clock, buffers, cache, additional cores. Higher or "Deeper" states shut down more components and CPU will take longer to respond to a wake-up.
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C States and Mobile Computing
 Definition
Mobile processors usually offer C states than a desktop System
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