We've been joking about managers turning down the heat when winter gets here so save money. This of course would cause all the developers to fight to get itanics into their offices to use as space heaters. =8^)

The frightening thing it thinking about the heat generation a McKinley must have. With 50%+ higher clock rate and 25%+ more die area in the same .18 micron process the chip must be ungodly hot. I've long joked with a college friend that soon computers will start coming with Mr Coffees built in to make use of all that heat. It appears that soon Itanic processor systems will dump enough heat for powering small ovens. Doesn't everyone need an oven that also cruches seti@home? =8^P


Dave "LordBeatnik"