"Yugo" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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> Bazzer Smith wrote:
>> "Yugo" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote in message
>> news:12d4v2t2bqhls54@corp.supernews.com...
>>
>>>Bazzer Smith wrote:
>>>
>>>>"Yugo" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote in message
>>>>news:12d4mod9ti425a3@corp.supernews.com...
>>>
>>>>Hi, I am not sure precisely what you are asking (I take it English is
>>>>not your
>>>>first language), but anyway....
>>>
>>>I didn't think my english was that bad :) I will reformulate my question.
>>>
>>>"Is the Ahtlon 64 expected to work at 2200 MHz with 35 or 62W?"
>>>
>>>And the answer is in the link you provided:
>>>
>>>
>>>>http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060516-6840.html
>>>
>>>The answer is no. 35 and 62W are "the power you have to design the
>>>cooling solution to dissipate". As a processor with Cool and Quiet
>>>shouldn't work at full speed all the time, the cooling solution doesn't
>>>have to be adapted to maximum wattage.
>>
>>
>>
>> Cool and Quiet only lowers the CPU speed when the CPU is 'idle' or when
>> it
>> doesn't need to run at full speed, however there will be times when it
>> will run at
>> full speed, so your cooling system must be able to cope with this other
>> wise you
>> risk damaging the chip.
>
> Heat transfer rate, or heat flow per unit time, is labeled:
>
> (formula)
>
> to indicate a change per unit time. It is measured in watts.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat
>
> So heat dissipation in watts might be unrelated to the CPU's wattage.


I think the CPU's wattage is determined by the ammount of heat it dissapates
(at full load).
>