How does the temperature of a computer effect its performance?
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The cpu in the computer is composed of logic gates.
The logic gates are small little metal gates that open and close to do binary calculations.
Now the idea is that the smaller the gates, the less energy you need to open and close them, thats why a 25nm chip consumes more then a 14nm chip which consumes more then a 7nm chip.
But energy is still required, and the faster you move them, more energy is required.
The thing is that the faster you move the gates, the more energy you need and that energy is released as heat through fiction.
The issue is that the heat released will change the properties of the metal and silicon base changing the energy needed to move the gates as well changing the electrical conductivity and the shame (deforming the gates).
So the cooler a chip can operate at a faster frequency.
Now frequency isnt everything, but we would have to go in to basics of CPU design for that, so for now lets just leave it at that.
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