The Effect of Heat on Processors: A Challenge to Computer Usage in Northern Nigeria Rural Colleges
Barau Nuhu Barnabas Best · Journal of Global Research in Computer Sciences · 2015
Central Processing Unit CPU popularly called “Processor” is termed the brain of the computer. This is where all processing of information takes place. Processor a very sensitive part and a determinant of what happens. This article runs a study on how a processor can perform under various degrees of temperature. Nigeria a third world and developing country in West Africa is situated in the sahara region and do experience very high temperature especially in the northern part. The writer saw this as a great setback in using computer systems in the country’s rural schools due to inability to acquire special cooling devices, hence affecting the processors (CPU) negatively. The article sought to proffer solution to this issue as the study was able to review on Turbo Booster of Intel and AMD processors as kind of processors capable of withstanding various degrees of temperature change. Experimental test and analysis carried out and possible results are discussed. Recommendations on what schools in the rural areas of northern Nigeria should do were enumerated.