Is it true that computer chips "float" inside of the computers ? Can someone give me references(books, articles, papers...) about that fact ?
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1$\begingroup$ Do you mean physical floating, floating point arithmetic, or floating voltage (as in isolated from earth)? $\endgroup$ – wwarriner Apr 15 '19 at 15:45
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$\begingroup$ Physical floating. $\endgroup$ – danilocn94 Apr 17 '19 at 1:05
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No, they are securely fixed (soldered) to the circuit boards.
If you think you have heard the term "float" with reference to a chip, then you are probably hearing about "floating point arithmetic" which is the process used inside the chip to solve the mathematical equations and calculations we want.
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$\begingroup$ Or perhaps another meaning for float is floating earth / ground, whereby the mains cable on some devices is only 2 poles not three (extra for earth / ground ), so there is no earth / ground in this setup. Also perhaps float has some physicals / quantum mechanics / quantum computing connotations. $\endgroup$ – therobyouknow Apr 17 '19 at 10:11
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1$\begingroup$ @therobyouknow so as per the comment by starrise above. $\endgroup$ – Solar Mike Apr 17 '19 at 10:14
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