ASUS Energy Processing Unit
With the focus now shifting towards making more energy-efficient products, motherboard manufacturers such as ASUS and Gigabyte have come up with technologies to keep power consumption (and heat output) down. ASUS names their technology the Energy Processing Unit (EPU) while Gigabyte calls theirs the Dynamic Energy Saver (DES).
According to ASUS, the "ASUS EPU utilizes innovative technology to digitally monitor and fine-tune the CPU power supply with improved VR responses in heavy or light loadings. Working together with AI Gear 3+, it automatically provides power for higher performance or improves efficiency by 50% when the PC is running low intensity applications - helping you attain the best possible power efficiency and energy savings of up to 80.23% to help save the environment".



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