Re: Why do CPUs run hotter...?

1) Yes you are on the right track as idling will only involve
regurgitaing a few instructions in the cache and will require less use
of CPU cct's.

Ah, the cache! Of course! That means the memory access and bus interface
go almost totally unused.

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References:
- Why do CPUs run hotter...?
  - From: mc
- Re: Why do CPUs run hotter...?
  - From: Roger

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