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Re:Chip Design Shifts as Fundamental Laws Run Out of Steam by krapp on Tuesday November 01, 2022 @07:06AM (#33419542)
No... no one is asking questions like that because a chip that consumes no power but still does work would be greater than 100% efficient and would violate the laws of thermodynamics.
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Re:Chip Design Shifts as Fundamental Laws Run Out of Steam by bovermyer on Tuesday November 01, 2022 @08:25AM (#33420220)
Well sure, but exploring the _idea_ of zero power consumption might lead to interesting discoveries in efficiency and power consumption models, even if actually achieving 0% power consumption is impossible.
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