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Hot and cold: thermal challenges in the data center.

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As predicted by Moore's Law, the number of transistors on a given chip size has doubled every 18 months. In 1971, Intel's 4004 microprocessor had 2300 transistors and required less than a watt of power. Pentium 4 processors now contain more than 50 million transistors and can require more than 100 watts (W). Moore's Law appears to be likely to remain valid until 2010 and beyond.

The importance of this thermal density at the chipset level cannot be understated. A company in Seattle, running various open system servers experienced a failure of the processor fan in a server. Within minutes, the processor set had heated up to the point of combustion, causing flames ...

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