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by weinzierl 971 days ago
"50 C" refers to 50°C as in average kinetic energy of particles. They did the measurements at elevated temperatures.
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It isn't that elevated; RAM inside a laptop or server that is doing anything compute intensive will often be warmer than 50°C (122°F).
You are right. I was thinking elevated above room temperature, but that doesn't make much sense in this scenario.
I thought they might be trying to throw in some old Halt and Catch Fire trick