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To: Joe NYC who wrote (21421)	12/4/2000 12:49:03 PM
From: fyodor_	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 275872

Joe: I think you are mixing 2 things (...) Max Tj is just a ceiling of beyond which the CPU may not operate reliably. I can't see how anybody can argue that low ceiling is good. No, I'm not mixing anything up (at least I don't think I am!). I was simply trying to explain how some of our local Intellabees are thinking. That this is appears a somewhat convoluted train of thought cannot come as a complete surprise ;) Let me explain my statement: I am not saying that a low Tj is good. A low Tj is bad. Period. However, IF the Tj is extremely low, then either a) The processor won't work. b) The heat dissipation of the processor is very low. (all with a given, reasonable, cooling scheme). Thus: "that they [PIIIs] can actually work with that low a Tj is a testimony to the low power dissipation of the PIII" -fyo