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- From: bhandarkar@wrksys.enet.dec.com (Dileep Bhandarkar)
- Subject: Re: question on computer systems using Alpha ... (cooling)
- Message-ID: <1992Aug13.144917.19803@ryn.mro4.dec.com>
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- Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
- References: <1992Aug10.202955.4254@talon.ucs.orst.edu> <DOCONNOR.92Aug11133018@potato.sedona.intel.com> <1992Aug12.121427.10251@dscomsf.desy.de> <713703530.11137@minster.york.ac.uk>
- Date: 13 AUG 92 10:44:26
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- In article <713703530.11137@minster.york.ac.uk>, martin@minster.york.ac.uk writes...
- >hallam@zws010.enet.dec.com says:
- >> Perhaps this will supur the developmen of some non standard cooling
- >> methods. My favorite suggestion is to use the heat sink to keep the
- >> coffee warm...
- >
- >Perhaps this is time to ask something I've often wondered....
- >
- >Why doesn't anyone (to my knowledge!) use heat pipes, and/or stirling engines
- >for cooling big chips like the alpha?
- >Both technologies can move vast amounts of heat, and have been around for many
- >years - certainly longer than there have been chips to cool!
- >
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- We have been doing research on heat pipes for "bacon sizzling" 100+ watt chips.
- 30 watts can be handled with more conventionial heat sinks with moderate amounts
- (<200 linear feet per minute) of air flow.
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- Dileep
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