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Bewildering. Does a chip interconnect consume anything worthwhile mentioning? Wouldn't that be converted to heat? I have never heard of the motherboard itself h
by chx 9y ago
Bewildering. Does a chip interconnect consume anything worthwhile mentioning? Wouldn't that be converted to heat? I have never heard of the motherboard itself heating up...
Edit: yes, the VRM and the chipset itself have beefy heatsinks but not the interconnect between them. https://images.evga.com/products/gallery/131-SX-E295-KR_XL_5.jpg https://images.evga.com/products/gallery/131-SX-E295-KR_XL_5... look at the bazillion traces running on the PCB.
- dbcurtis 9y agoIt is the drivers on the chip required to go off-chip that consume power and create heat. Look at a die photo. Those wee little transistors in the middle? Logic and memory. Those giagantic cow turds around the edge? I/O drivers.
- yvdriess 9y agoThe heat density of off-chip interconnects are low, but that does not mean non-zero power consumption.