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ACD Power/Performance Feature Being Worked On For The GPU Within The Snapdragon X1


For the Qualcomm Adreno X1-85 GPU found within the Snapdragon X1 series of laptop chips, an Adaptive Clock Distribution 'ACD' feature is currently being wired up to the open-source MSM kernel driver to help with power and performance.

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