🚀 go-pugleaf

piglet@glutinous.custard.org (Tim Haynes) writes:

> Robin Smith <smithrc@zdbaora.nat.bt.com> doodled in uk.comp.os.linux:
> 
> > Bollocks, the phrase "Device Speed is always a function of temperature" is
> > wrong. "temperature is a function of device speed" is correct. 
> 
> You were right in saying you'd just been to the pub.
> 
> An inverse function is also a function, as long as ranges, domains and non-
> smooth bits are sorted out.

I agree that inverse functions are also functions, but my point is which
causes which.

I agree that devices that operate at a lower temperatures can run
faster than those at higher temperatures ( less scattering from the
lattice, fewer hot electrons ).

But I believe that the statement above is misleading. As the primary
concern of CMOS is that the faster you clock it the hotter it gets.

I for one would never run components in my computer outside of their
specified ranges. Why risk your data for a saving of between 50 UKP
and 200 UKP?