Robert Moynihan wrote:

> Luc Le Blanc wrote:

> >...the processor temperature would be a good enough approximation
> > to ambient temperature.
>
>
> What makes you say this? Ambient temperature is the temperature of
> the air surrounding... well... something. Computer processors tend
> to run quite hot (hence all those fancy heat sinks on processor
> chips) so they behave like heater elements. The processor temp
> will go up/down depending on how much it is running, and on its
> load when running.


I just hoped a relatively slow processor like those found in Palm devices (not 
only ARM by the way) doesn't become as hot as a Pentium. I may be wrong, but if 
I can't get that data, your guess is as good as mine.


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Luc Le Blanc
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