On Monday, June 9, 2014 7:14:24 AM UTC+5:30, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Mon, 09 Jun 2014 04:16:24 +1000, Chris Angelico wrote: > > wrote: > The fact that CPUs need anything more than a passive heat sink is > *exactly* the problem. A car engine has to move anything up to a tonne of > steel around at 100kph or more, and depending on the design, they can get > away with air-cooling. In comparison, a CPU just moves around a trickle > of electric current.
> (No currently designed car with an internal combustion engine uses air- > cooling. The last mass market car that used it, the Citroën GS, ceased > production in 1986. The Porsche 911 ceased production in 1998, making it, > I think, the last air-cooled vehicle apart from custom machines. With the > rise of all-electric vehicles, perhaps we will see a return to air- > cooling?) > CPU technology is the triumph of brute force over finesse. BTW people are going this way: http://www.silentpcreview.com/ http://www.endpcnoise.com/ -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
