There are three loss mechanisms for CMOS. a) Leakage b) Crossing current c) Ohmic losses because of currents required to charge/discharge capacitances (of the g

There 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.