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Subject: Re: Athlon 1,1GHz

Author: Tom Kerrigan

Date: 00:15:12 02/13/00

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On February 12, 2000 at 19:53:12, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>I don't believe they are doing this.  They are applying -40c to the cpu, but
>the heat it is producing prevents the cpu from getting to -40 during operation,
>I'd bet.  I'd bet the real cpu temp is well over 0c, if it has a temp
>thermocouple as my xeons. do.  My xeons run at about 106F under heavy load,
>for a reference.

Possibly. I wouldn't know. If they aren't getting the CPU down to -40, then I
don't see why they would be taking such precautions against condensation.
(Somebody else posted about this yesterday.)

Regardless of the actual temperature, it's obviously going to be much cooler
than a normal computer. And that makes switching times go down. And that's what
matters.

-Tom



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