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A comment on Algernon's Law. Parent comment

Re:Algernon's Law by pjscott on Wednesday July 04, 2012 @10:39PM (#4201533)
Okay, fine -- but bear in mind that there are computers which run everything, from the CPU to the memory to the I/O, off a single (variable) input voltage. Most microcontrollers, for example, meet this description. I googled one at random to get some specific numbers; the PIC18F4550 runs on anything from 2 to 5.5 V, and this is not unusual.
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Re:Algernon's Law by Cushman on Wednesday July 04, 2012 @10:46PM (#4201549)
Okay, okay, you got me. I'll concede the point entirely :) Feel free to disregard the analogy as it applies to computers which may be made to run faster by raising the input voltage.
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