24 Mar 2008

CFD Modeling: Cool Tool for Hot Spots

Data center thermal modeling using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) is gaining popularity as a tool for analyzing the effectiveness of cooling within the racks and aisles. CFD provides companies with a detailed 3-D analysis of how cold air is moving... (posted on 24 Mar 2008 by Data Center Knowledge)

24 Mar 2008

Business Week Looks at Data Center Heat

Business Week looks at data center cooling challenges in an article in its print edition and a package of stories and slide show online. The online package features Sun's work in parallel processing, research at HP that led to Dynamic Smart Cooling,... (posted on 24 Mar 2008 by Data Center Knowledge)

23 Mar 2008

Data Center Cooling

Business Week has a nice article on the business of powering and cooling the data center. Be sure to check out the slide show for additional information. For instance - they talk about Google using wind and solar technologies ; and specifically mention... (posted on 23 Mar 2008 by Data Center Links)

20 Mar 2008

The future of portable tech: Solid-state fans

The biggest reason behind mobile technology being limited in size and performance is the inability of manufacturers to cool hardware appropriately. Every portable device on the market is either horribly underpowered, or is larger than necessary. This... (posted on 20 Mar 2008 by Geeks are Sexy Technology News)

26 Feb 2008

How Cold Is Too Cold? How Hot Is Too Hot? (Computer Hardware)

General rule of thumb for all PCs: The colder it is, the better it runs. Some jokingly say that a computer runs best with a "frosty dew" on it. The reason that’s a joke is because condensation in any form that’s physically on the motherboard (aside from... (posted on 26 Feb 2008 by PCMech)

22 Feb 2008

Emerson Analysis IDs Cascading Energy Gains

Cooling represents the single largest component of energy use in most data centers. So why would a cooling vendor craft an energy efficiency analysis that focuses on servers and storage? That's what Emerson Network Power (EMR) has done with its Energy... (posted on 22 Feb 2008 by Data Center Knowledge)

9 Feb 2008

Overclocking and Webcam Hacks

Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed See? We get some excellent topics and conversations going when I open up the phone lines. Mbonzo had a question about overclocking! He’s a long-time chatter, and has sent in top five lists... (posted on 9 Feb 2008 by Chris Pirillo)

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