Mark Rages wrote: > On 1/16/07, Yigit Turgut wrote: >>> My collegues indicated that not all the power consumed by the >>> processors and other hardware is converted into heat. The energy is >>> converted into work done by the processor. >> >> You collegues are right,all the power consumed by the processor is not >> converted into heat.If this was true we would be calling it a radiator >> instead of a processor. > > So where does the power go, that's not converted to heat in the > processors and other hardware? Actually, the reason we do call it a computer and not a radiator is that it does /other/ things besides radiating heat. It does the latter quite well, though... We usually don't have any heating in the houses here. My office is, especially in the winter, the warmest place in our house. (Sometimes it's the kitchen, though.) And since I tend to have cold feet, I really like it to put my feet on the "radiator" under my desk :) Gerhard -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist