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Re:The man who brought us the lithium-ion battery has an ide... by semi-extrinsic on Thursday February 05, 2015 @06:42PM (#9006944)
I think it is misleading to say it was due to reduce power demands. Rather it was due to needing to cool the damned things. If you were to have a 500W TDP chip, you would either need a crazy huge cooling system or a much bigger surface area. Consumers want light and thin, so Bob's your uncle.
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Re:The man who brought us the lithium-ion battery has an ide... by lkbm on Friday February 06, 2015 @11:36AM (#9009771)
Even if consumers were fine with big heavy things (and except for maybe phones, I don't think the CPU weight/size are an issue for consumers), light travels roughly 1ft/ns. You want fast, you have to be small.
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