The newest intel pentium chip has such densely packed circuits that it consumes the same power as a 100-watt lightbulb with a filament burning as hot as 4,500 degrees Fahrenheit—one you'd have to wear mittens to unscrew. Such high temperatures run up utility bills and force chip designers to sacrifice performance for coolness. Intel has warned that if the heat wave continues, the guts of a PC will one day generate the same heat—10,800 degrees—as the surface of the sun.
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