I’m confused. I did some research online, and learned that cpu’s can essentially double has a hotplate, because 99-100% of electricity consumed is turned into heat. how? doesn’t the cpu use energy to make calcuations and render things? I’m real confused.
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The calculations and rendering things is just the computer moving things around, which generates a little heat.
The computer does convert energy into other forms of energy. It makes noise, some of this energy from the sound dissipates into heat in your home, some may escape outside.
It generates light and sends out Wi-Fi radio waves. Some of this may escape your home, but most quickly and nearby dissipates into heat.
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