> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alan B. Pearce [SMTP:A.B.Pearce@RL.AC.UK]
> Sent: Friday, July 19, 2002 3:39 PM
> To:   PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject:      Re: [EE]: Fw: [AR] SOT: 60Gips at 500mW for ~$1k
>
> > A decoupling capacitor is the
> >only other component needed.
>
> I suspec tthat given the number of capacitors that get mounted around a
> Pentium processor that requiring only one capacitor is likely to lead to
> problems :))
>
Did you notice the power consumption?  A typical P4 is probably consuming
somewhere in the region of 50-70Watts which necesitates the heavy supply
decoupling. This thing is allegedly only drawing 500mW maximum.

Regards

Mike

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