Odd Root Process Sucking Over 4GB of RAM?

[Apple2]

(Sorry about repost, but put into wrong category. Can a mod please delete the thread titled the same in Mac OSX, no subform?)

Kind of odd: The process "powerd" is using 2GB of RAM, and over 6GB of VRAM! Any idea what this process is, and if I can somehow stop it's memory rampage?

Here's some more detailed info.

Using no CPU
Owned by root

kernel task(0)
launchhd(1)
powerd(19)

This only seemed to be a problem after the Lion install (Seems like the're tons of processes ending in "D" now)

 

[Intell]

Is the 2Gb real ram? Remember, modern virtual ram isn't real ram. It isn't stored on disk or in the little ram chips. The amount of virtual ram a program uses can be 16Tb, but none of it is real.

 

[Apple2]

Yep, its 2G of real RAM.

 

[Intell]

Yep, its 2G of real RAM.

That seems really bizarre. If you restart the computer, about how long is it until the ram usage is high again?

 

[Apple2]

Been a couple of days, and it hasn't come back. Odd...