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Subject: Re: How many watts? Speed Kills.

Author: Vincent Diepeveen

Date: 16:15:34 06/05/01

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On June 05, 2001 at 17:45:38, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote:

>Dear Jeroen,

Oh well let's talk about how much a cray computer eats.

Wasn't it 500 kilowatt or something?

>If an AMD 1.3 Ghz is pulling 73 watts then I think that the dual 1.2 Ghz should
>pull about 130 to 140 watts.  Adding a monitor and a printer and you could be up
>to 500 watts.  Sounds expensive.  Try running that on a hot summer day and you
>will really need an air conditioner.  That is another 1000 to 6000 watts.
>Maybe we should wait for the 0.13 micron processors that only use 60% of the
>present computers power.
>
>
>Tim "Watt miser" Frohlick
>
>
>On June 05, 2001 at 17:16:09, Jeroen van Dorp wrote:
>
>>http://www.amd.com/news/prodpr/21034.html



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