Post AM96w2RnuiAQRUI5lQ by mrb@mastodon.nl
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(DIR) Post #AM96cITwaWbENfsWAK by gabriel@mstdn.starnix.network
2022-08-03T08:55:27Z
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What are the limits to overclocking?Not practically, I mean given absurd amounts of energy and cooling what is physically possible?
(DIR) Post #AM96pWfJAMv48NVAiu by nenetl@hispagatos.space
2022-08-03T08:57:54Z
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@gabriel on avg or are we talking about specific processors?
(DIR) Post #AM96w2RnuiAQRUI5lQ by mrb@mastodon.nl
2022-08-03T08:58:59Z
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@gabriel given a high enough frequency, anything becomes an antenna I guess
(DIR) Post #AM97edDuXiy7F63XUG by gabriel@mstdn.starnix.network
2022-08-03T09:07:09Z
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@mrb Unfortunately so.https://thehackernews.com/2022/07/new-air-gap-attack-uses-sata-cable-as.html
(DIR) Post #AM9CmVaLKD3pdm7jbk by ruffni@mstdn.io
2022-08-03T10:04:35Z
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@gabriel you are hitting (internal) timing constraints. imagine all the wires in your die sum up to kilometers of connections. electricity is fast but eventually pulses won't reach their goals within a clock pulse. that's your upper clock rate limit (or however that's called)
(DIR) Post #AM9Czck21sshbFuS5A by gabriel@mstdn.starnix.network
2022-08-03T10:06:52Z
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@ruffni Thank you! I figured it would be something like this but couldn't quite think it through.