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To: allmost

I bet that could cook breakfast.

Processor probably gets pretty hot.


5 posted on 04/30/2011 12:34:12 AM PDT by wastedyears (It has nothing to do with safety, and everything to do with control.)
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To: wastedyears

IBM uses slower processors in their cluster machines. This keeps the heat generation down and allows them to pack more CPU modules into a smaller volume. So the individual processors are actually cooler than the Nehalem Xeon processors which we, Bull, use in our cluster machines.

Bull machines are water cooled and use fans which SCREAM when the heat builds up. I visited an installation that our crew had installed at a French nuclear computation facility last October. At the time the Bull Tera 100 cluster was the fastest in Europe and the 6th fastest in the world. Before we could enter the computer room we had to put on industrial grade ear muffs to protect our ears.


12 posted on 04/30/2011 1:07:42 AM PDT by the_Watchman
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