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Dual G4 Mac Cube

Posted by michael on from the doubles-as-space-heater dept.

ijx writes: "Those of you with a hardware-hacking bent should enjoy this - a Mac Cube modded to accomodate dual processors, courtesy of AccelerateYourMac. It seems that it uses the same dual-proc module as a Sawtooth G4 Tower. My question: will it melt?"

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  1. Re:Will it melt? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    --I don't understand why this comment got modded up. RISC vs. CISC has nothing to do with how much power a device uses. RISC arcs have a wide range of power consumption characteristics, from your low-power ARM to your space heaters like the Alpha.

    As I recall any of the Alpha line of microprocessors (a pure RISC design) uses significantly more power than any of your desktop x86 processors (I believe in the 100W or more range).

    I imagine the reason the conclusion is incorrectly drawn is due to the fact that x86 is one of the only (if not the only) high performance CISC architectures out there. Since he has only one sample point, the poster must have assumed that "all CISC designs consume more power than RISC designs".