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CDR: Re: Intel's Master Plan - 'Wired for Management' (fwd)

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jim Choate)
Fri Feb 5 08:32:46 1999

From: Jim Choate <ravage@einstein.ssz.com>
To: cypherpunks@einstein.ssz.com
Date: Fri, 5 Feb 1999 07:17:31 -0600 (CST)
Reply-To: Jim Choate <ravage@einstein.ssz.com>


----- Forwarded message from Tim May -----

Date: Thu, 4 Feb 1999 22:40:01 -0800
From: Tim May <tcmay@got.net>
Subject: CDR: Re: Intel's Master Plan - 'Wired for Management'

A specific example is overclocking. I can tell you various stories about
the problems with overclocking Intel CPUs. (Electromigration, hot electron
effects, race conditions, etc.)

----- End of forwarded message from Tim May -----

Those effects are a function of solid state physics and not Intel. It
applies to *any* digital circuit or processor.


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