System and method for reducing power consumption by estimating engine load and reducing engine clock speed

   
   

A computer system has at least one processor and at least one queue for storing instructions for execution by the processor. The processor is capable of being clocked at a plurality of rates. A number of instructions in the queue is measured. The optimum clock rate is selected based on in part the determined number of queued instructions.

 
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