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CPUs use normal electronic components to form what amounts to banks of switches. Inherent in small electronic circuits like CPUs is capacitance. Capacitance occurs when any two conductors are brought close together. Capacitance stores charge so, in order to turn a switch on or off, the capacitance must be drained or charged. The more the capacitance, the slower the switch and the slower would be the CPU. In order to charge and discharge capacitance, high currents are drawn in and out of the switches. The higher the current, the faster the switch. Because most of the activity in a computer occurs in the CPU, the switches must be really fast to very high currents are used. The higher the current, the more heat is generated. If CPUs were not cooled, they would simply get extremely hot and burn out.

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