I've been wondering: Is information processing "free" in terms of energy? I.e. if I put 100 watts in my GPU to make it do computations, will it heat my room for 100 watts' worth of heat?
I'm guessing yes, because where else is the energy going to go, but then we should probably be using heaters that are made of old/cheap GPUs, rather than just a resistor.
I'm guessing yes, because where else is the energy going to go, but then we should probably be using heaters that are made of old/cheap GPUs, rather than just a resistor.