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To: Mani1 who wrote (95007)	1/4/2000 10:34:00 PM
From: Robert Salasidis	Read Replies (2) of 186894

The parts they use are probably electronic heat pumps (you apply a current to them and they produce a difference in temperature between the two sides of the device (then you use a fan to cool off the hot side). If the reliability of such a setup was equal to the current spec sheet definitions, then I would expect both Intel and AMD to test and release their processors with a low temperature higher speed rating and charge a premium for it. I tried looking at the AMD Athlon spec sheet. It does not list a minimum operating temperature (70 deg max), but this is a commercial and not a military device, so it most likely is rated as 0-70 deg C. Anything outside of this range goes against tested chip specs (although if the chip is cooled to -40 on the outside, the die is probably somewhat higher than this). If you operate a chip outside of its specs, then it is reasonable to presume that failure/error rate would be increased. So then my point is still - would you trust your business to something like that? The business community would seem to agree with me on this point (going one step further and shying from the room temperature Athlons as well).

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