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Damn. When I trip up on that kind of thing, I always just wonder at how absurd it is. Two modern miracles. Insane complex and capable tech. Simple. Hot. A
by ddingus 7y ago
Damn. When I trip up on that kind of thing, I always just wonder at how absurd it is.
Two modern miracles. Insane complex and capable tech.
Simple. Hot. Air. Basics.
Oh well, maybe laugh. I would.
- pacaro 7y agoSeymour Cray referred to himself as an "overpaid plumber" for good reason. Heat management has been a critical element of high performance computing for a long time
- tonyarkles 7y agoIf I recall, one iteration of their products sprayed a shower of cooled liquid Fluorinert[1] directly into the processor cards, with no heatsinks at all. [2] [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluorinert https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluorinert [2] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cray-2 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cray-2
- Baeocystin 7y agoIt was fully immersed! The Fluorinert was circulated through the stacked cards, then re-chilled with a cold water heat exchanger.