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)? $\endgroup$– wwarrinerApr 15, 2019 at 15:45
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$\begingroup$ Physical floating. $\endgroup$– danilocn94Apr 17, 2019 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.
answered Apr 15, 2019 at 5:05
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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. $\endgroup$ Apr 17, 2019 at 10:11
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1$\begingroup$ @therobyouknow so as per the comment by starrise above. $\endgroup$ Apr 17, 2019 at 10:14
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