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Google Demands Higher Chip Temps From Intel
JagsLive writes "When purchasing server processors directly from Intel, Google has insisted on a guarantee that the chips can operate at temperatures five degrees centigrade higher than their standard qualification, according to a former Google employee. This allowed the search giant to maintain higher temperatures within its data centers, the ex-employee says, and save millions of dollars each year in cooling costs."
When in college, I heated my crappy little schack by putting 150W bulbs in every light. It was like my own little Easy-Bake oven.
I'm surprised Google isn't considering moving some of its data centres to Arctic locations where you get cool temperatures year-round.
Oh yeah! And completely melt the ice cap.
What?
It also takes longer to boil ramen.
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And ideally, I'd come home to find Alyson Hannigan oiled up and duct taped to my bed
You know you're pathetic when they're even unwilling in your fantasies.
Intel's 486SX line was just a 486 (later renamed the 486DX) where the FPU didn't work.
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