From: gah@ugcs.caltech.edu   
      
   Hans-Peter Diettrich  wrote:   
      
   (snip)   
   > Please note that most CMOS processor power consumption results from   
   > switching (stray) capacities, and only a small percentage for leak   
   > currents. E.g. a register or gate consumes such power whenever a bit is   
   > changed, and almost nothing when it has reached an stable state.   
      
   Used to be true. Now, quantum tunneling through the oxide is a   
   very significant quiescent current for CMOS.   
      
   -- glen   
      
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