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To: Scumbria who wrote (103904)	6/4/2000 12:54:00 PM
From: deibutfeif	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Scumbria, re: ...Athlon was functional at 1.5GHz up to -20C... IMO, yes. Of course, no OEM would buy it or try to sell a system based upon it. :) Of course, there are current standards, but where did those standards come from? They evolved from what could actually be accomplished. Its always a trade-off between cooling cost and component cost (and many other things). That's why automotive component specs have a much greater temp range - because it costs a lot (more than in a PC) to keep those components cool. Its cheaper to pay more for higher-temp-range parts. If there was a breakthrough in cooling technology such that it would only cost 2 cents in system cost to keep a part at 25+/-0.001C, then the manufacturer's specs would migrate to that point, resulting (presumably) in cheaper components (or higher margin - :^) ) The fact that Intel changed the temp range for this component is just a competitive thrust to achieve higher speed with a different trade-off. If the OEMs can't cost-effectively implement this, then the part won't be successful. But its not overclocking. ~dbf