Software:Timer coalescing

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Short description: Operating system feature to reduce CPU idle time

Timer coalescing is a computer system energy-saving technique that reduces central processing unit (CPU) power consumption by reducing the precision of software timers used for synchronization of process wake-ups, minimizing the number of times the CPU is forced to perform the relatively power-costly operation of entering and exiting idle states.[1]

Implementations of timer coalescing

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