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> At a certain point the - and + circuits cross and arc and create a fire. To do binary logic we do CMOS. The reason CMOS gets hot is because the complementar
by akira2501 2y ago
> At a certain point the - and + circuits cross and arc and create a fire.
To do binary logic we do CMOS. The reason CMOS gets hot is because the complementary transistors don't switch at the same time. So, at a certain point, the Vss and Vdd circuits connect and create a massive current drain.
> The binary circuits kept getting miniaturized.
Sure.. but they're not getting much faster.
- davrosthedalek 2y agoThere are three loss mechanisms for CMOS. a) Leakage b) Crossing current c) Ohmic losses because of currents required to charge/discharge capacitances (of the gates etc..) Pretty sure c) dominates for high frequency/low power applications like CPUs, as it's quadratic.