> did prior CPUs always run at about the same temperature? Basically, yes. But then they typically produced so little heat they had passive heatsinks, up to an

> did prior CPUs always run at about the same temperature? Basically, yes. But then they typically produced so little heat they had passive heatsinks, up to and including the Pentium II (~20 W TDP) and ATI Rage 128 that I used back in '99.