Re: TI-H: hey (cont.)

To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org
Subject: Re: TI-H: hey (cont.)
From: Larry79054@aol.com
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 18:09:51 EST
Reply-To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org


TWIMC,
     I remember once having to actually calculate the speed of electron 
movement in a typical wire in a physics class.  It was only a few feet per 
second.  It's the electrical IMPULSE that travels at nearly the speed of 
light.
Larry Teebken (larry79054@aol.com)

In a message dated 1/26/00 2:21:50 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
zaphod@coe.neu.edu writes:

<< electron speed depends on the medium it travels in (resistance) and the
 voltage being used, which is why overclockers bump up the voltage of the
 CPU- it increases the speed the electrons travel through the chip.
 electrons travel much slower than the speed of light- not sure of the actual
 number.
 
 --nick
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