Ubuntu To Stop Supporting LPIA Architecture

Posted by Sander_Marechal on Nov 25, 2009 8:14 AM EDT
Phoronix; By Michael Larabel 		Mail this story
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Two years ago Ubuntu began supporting LPIA, or the Low-Power Intel Architecture. LPIA is i386, but with different compile-time optimizations. LPIA was in use by the Ubuntu Mobile project with Intel's recent mobile CPUs supporting this lower-power architecture. Tests we carried out earlier this year at Phoronix showed Ubuntu's LPIA-based MID spin can conserve 10%+ power. However, Canonical is now abandoning this Intel architecture.

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