Eli5 Why does heat slow down electronics?
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Silicon (the stuff in CPU’s) can destroy itself through thermal runaway.
As more power goes in, the hotter it gets, and it can take even more power, and get hotter, and take more power.
Eventually it will take enough power to destroy the circuits on the silicon.
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal_runaway](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal_runaway)
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