Considering how no energy transfer I've ever seen has been possible to carry out with 100% efficiency, I find it hard to believe that any device doing anything would actually be able to be at absolute zero.
I think you might be wrong on this. At absolute zero (which I dont believe exists, except maybe in the darkest corners of the universe) the copper interconnects used in computers would manifest superconductivity. This happens when the copper gets below somewhere around 27 Kelvin (really cold). At these temps circuits operate at 100% efficiency.
Still, the camp environment is never ideal for computer devices, as the air temperature rarely rises above -30 Celsius, according to Intel.
I think the computer devices would function just fine, he probably means to say that it is difficult for us humans to use these devices in these conditions.
I would imagine it could be a bit tough to type with ski gloves on;)
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I think you might be wrong on this. At absolute zero (which I dont believe exists, except maybe in the darkest corners of the universe) the copper interconnects used in computers would manifest superconductivity. This happens when the copper gets below somewhere around 27 Kelvin (really cold). At these temps circuits operate at 100% efficiency.
I think the computer devices would function just fine, he probably means to say that it is difficult for us humans to use these devices in these conditions.
I would imagine it could be a bit tough to type with ski gloves on
Just my 2 cents.