“This means that the entire CPU load previously required for the above processing is eliminated, and the CPU capacity freed up in this way can now be allocated to software containing advanced control algorithms designed to boost energy efficiency.”

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System design with more dedicated hardware is the newest wave as shown also by the newest Apple MacBook Pro with touch bar totally running in silicon independent of the Intel CPU (wrapping ARM cores around X86 in the design).