Waste Heat Reduction
Where powerful computers with many features are not required, less powerful computers or ones with fewer features can be used. As of 2011 a VIA EPIA motherboard with CPU typically dissipates approximately 25 watts of heat, whereas a more capable Pentium 4 motherboard and CPU typically dissipates around 140 watts. Computers can be powered with direct current from an external power supply brick which does not generate heat inside the computer case. The replacement of cathode ray tube (CRT) displays by more efficient thin-screen liquid crystal display (LCD) ones in the early twenty-first century reduces power consumption significantly.
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—Philip Johnson (b. 1906)
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