Computers cooled by jet engines - Club CDFreaks

*JayC30* · 18-06-2006

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HP has come up with novel way of keeping high-powered computers cool: model jets.

Its latest Bladesystem servers will use electric-ducted fans (EDFs), originally developed by enthusiasts to power radio-controlled aeroplanes.

The blades spin in a tube which eliminates some of the turbulence that slows down standard products.

Brad Vinson, an engineer with HP’s Industry Standard Server Group claimed the products, called Active Cool Fans, are smaller and consume a third of the power of typical computer fans.

'If you have 10 traditional servers today, we could put 16 servers in the same space,' Vinson said in an interview with MIT’s Technology Review.

With chips getting smaller and more being crammed into smaller chassis, the problem facing businesses with dedicated server rooms is growing.

Vinson explained: 'As recently as the year 2000, the average server consumed on the order of 100 to 150 watts.

'It's now exceeding 400 to 500 watts. And it would not be unusual to have a rack of servers that pulls 15,000 or 20,000 watts - enough to light more than 100 homes.'

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Now where can I get a few of those, with the heat wave we're having here they may be handy.

*Airhead* · 20-06-2006

teh noize!

*Chriso* · 21-06-2006

Ladies and Gentlemen, do you pay too much for air fares? Then simply attach some jets to your PC and hold on tight!*

*Disclaimer: Our company cannot be held responsible for deaths resulting from your weak arms or from hypothermia

*greg42* · 21-06-2006

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Originally Posted by Chriso

Ladies and Gentlemen, do you pay too much for air fares? Then simply attach some jets to your PC and hold on tight!*

*Disclaimer: Our company cannot be held responsible for deaths resulting from your weak arms or from hypothermia

Yes but then that 550W Antec PSU won't cut it - Those jet engine coolers will require fuel - If you think that the 500Ghz IBM chip will require such cooling power wait until you see NVIDIA's upcoming QUAD SLI GeForce 8 series cards, not only will those require a 1000W PSU but will require not one but TWO jet engines - you will need special noise canceling headphones in order to cut 50% of the sound geneated......

*debro* · 23-06-2006

Watch the fingers fly .....

20-06-2006	#2 (permalink)
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21-06-2006	#3 (permalink)
Chriso CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Liverpool, England Posts: 2,066	Re: Computers cooled by jet engines Ladies and Gentlemen, do you pay too much for air fares? Then simply attach some jets to your PC and hold on tight!* *Disclaimer: Our company cannot be held responsible for deaths resulting from your weak arms or from hypothermia __________________ Videos of me playing piano, would be nice to have feedback from you all! [23:49] <Chriso> !seen Boobies [23:49] <JuPiLeR> I found 430 matches to your query; please refine it to see any output. OS: openSUSE 10.3 and Windows XP SP2 PSU: Enermax Liberty 400w - Modular Mobo: Jetway V266B CPU: AMD AthlonXP 2000+ RAM: 256MB Crucial PC2100 + 512MB Corsair Value Select PC2100 HDD: 120GB Maxtor ATA133 8MB Cache + 320GB Western Digital "RAID Edition" ATA100 8MB Cache Gfx Card: NVIDIA GeForce 6200 passive cooled Sound Card: SB Live 1024 DVD-ROM Drive: Asus E-616 CD-RW: LiteON 52246S DVD-RW: NEC ND2510A in external Firewire enclosure (Prolific chipset) USB2 Card: ALI chipset (got an NEC chipset one waiting to go in) Firewire Card: Not sure of chipset...but it seems to work D-Link Network Card My old Voodoo 3 2000 PCI has now retired, still in perfect working order though! Get Firefox! Join CDFreaks

23-06-2006	#5 (permalink)
debro Blown to smitherines Join Date: Jul 1999 Location: The c@ke mixer Posts: 9,975	Re: Computers cooled by jet engines Watch the fingers fly ..... __________________ CDFreaks - Overwhelmed by Ignorance since 2005! We lost the battle, but we haven't lost the war! Click Here to sign up to the resistance movement! Viva La Resistance! Admitting that you've illegally downloaded movies/songs and need help to process/burn is comparable to robbing a bank, and walking into the bank the next day holding the bags of money to deposit them into your account. Don't be surprised if people laugh at you when you make the headlines.

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