OMG, I want one! (updated)
Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2003 10:26 pm
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Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2003 11:10 pm
i wonder what we can over clock that baby to
Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2003 11:30 pm
looks like a friggin' waffle iron ! 
Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2003 12:29 am
just what the hell is it used for? and cooling somting like that would have to be done with heat pipes.
Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2003 4:19 pm
Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2003 8:21 pm
im still intreastead as hell as to how they cool somting like that.
Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2003 4:47 am
SPARC CPU's run cool....this isn't some AMD heat kamikaze ready to burn itself up at any moment 
. Probably just a custom heatsink with indents for each chip and some 120mm fan or something along those lines.
. Probably just a custom heatsink with indents for each chip and some 120mm fan or something along those lines.Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2003 9:48 pm
SPARC CPU's run cool....
These aren't SPARCs. They're POWER (basically a superset of PowerPC.)
No, it'll be worse. The .13 micron dual-core POWER4 at 1.3 GHz disspates a max of 135 watts, which is double the fastest AMD chip out there. Consider that this module has four dual-core POWER chips (8 CPUs total) on itthis isn't some AMD heat kamikaze ready to burn itself up at any moment
it's going to need a hell of a lot more than a heatsink and fan to keep cool.Either one hell of an efficient heat pipe or liquid cooling.im still intreastead as hell as to how they cool somting like that.
Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2003 11:16 am
I would no doubt liquid cooling. Super computer have used liquid cooling for at least 20 years. I still have one if the original aluminum Orbs modded to fit a P3 Slot. That thing is at least ten years old!