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To: ptanner who wrote (77872)	4/21/2002 10:46:20 PM
From: Mani1	Read Replies (3) of 275872

Re <<Not sure why (weight?)>> Weight and ease of manufacturing. Metal have to either be machined or extruded. Plastic can be casted which is very cheap. For some application the build conductivity of the heat sink material is not the bottleneck. As is the fan and the junction between the die and the heat sink. Mani

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