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Re: (ASCEND) competition?



David Lesher wrote:
> 
> Jason Nealis sez:
> >
> >
> >
> >  I doubt it, I saw this box out at ISPCON, They had one plugged in and
> > sitting on a shelf. The thing was so damn hot I couldn't even touch it. We
> > all know Max's get hot. But nothing like this.
> 
> [Grumble Grumble Mutter Mutter...]
> 
> Sigh, WTF happened to all the lessons learned about thermal design
> and cooling problems during the Space Race? It's as if everyone
> has suddenly decided that "Gee, it has integrated circuits;
> how can it get warm?"  is the rule of the day.
> 
> To date, no one has downsized the watt...  and if you need a 300
> watt supply, it's gotta go somewhere. It's as if they all took
> the IBM Baco Raton School of Thermal Design course...
> 
> Jason has the right idea; but made BOTH the design team, and the
> marketing droids SIT on the box during the demo.....

Better yet, why doesn't someone just say the hell with it and design
one with a closed-loop liquid-cooled system?

'Shot
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