IBM has figured out a new way to remove heat from processors. It takes the heat from the processor and moves it to a different location. They've also been testing out a way to actually run liquid over the processor to keep it cool.
Hot processors are largely an inhibitor of processing power expansion. Processors that overheat can cause many problems, problems that include damage to the system and an actual meltdown of the internal hardware. Manufacturers have to be very careful to place processors in good locations so the computer doesn't malfunction or overheat. That's why you see fans on computers or what a computer gets really hot in your lap (a laptop).
I know on the bottom of my Vaio, the Microsoft sticker is melting in a certain area -- though I've seen this on many computers, so it might just be a verification thing. Anyway, my computer does get quite hot if I leave it on in the summer like on my desk or something. It kinda worries me, but I back up often enough and have a protection plan :D It makes it ok.
Okay so I just looked it up and that's supposed to happen -- it's an antipiracy feature. It worried me the first time I saw it, though!
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