Re: Processor hot spots

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Subject: Re: Processor hot spots
Name: LED
Date: 2/11/2005 5:48:58 AM (GMT-7)
IP Address: 4.252.88.235
In Reply to: Processor hot spots posted by Smoker
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>"The average consumer would be pretty upset to hear that only 0.1 percent of his auto fuel consumption went into actually propelling his car," said William Dally, a professor at Stanford University (Palo Alto, Calif.). "Why we tolerate that kind of inefficiency in modern PCs is beyond me."

Not that I disagree but these PHD comparisons sure sway judgment. Hell if he would have commented that todays CPU use the TRickle effect like the Govs econ theory then I bet no one would bat an eyelid

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