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On 17 Nov 1999 15:00:15 +0000, Robin Smith <smithrc@zdbaora.nat.bt.com> wrote:
>dsmith@bristol.nospam.st.com (Dave Smith) writes:
>
>> Rubbish (sort of).  Device Speed is always a function of temperature, i.e. the
>> hotter it is, the slower it runs.  Extra cooling in overclocked machines has two
>> functions:
>>  o Stop the device from exceeding a safe temperature limit, beyond which the chip
>>    can be physically damaged
>>  o Keep the device as cool as possible, to maximise the speed at which it can run
>>    The colder a device is, the faster it will run.
>> 
>
>Bollocks, the phrase "Device Speed is always a function of
>temperature" is wrong. "temperature is a function of device speed" is
>correct. 

You are wrong here. CMOS devices get stronger at low temperature and
as the gate/interconnect capacitance is fixed, they switch more quickly.
Try running SPICE sometime. 

-- 
Andy