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To: kash johal who wrote (81382)	5/23/1999 6:31:00 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

RE:"But as I understand it the liquid cooler uses a simple electric motor. It should be no less reliable than the spindles ona hard drive or the cooling fans etc. frankly at low frequencies the kryotech stuff makes no sense, but at the 1Ghz range it seems like a pretty compelling solution and certainly considering the costs and isses of dual and quad CPU's."... --- You are aware that there is an automatic backdown of CPU speed if the cooling unit fails, aren't you? Jim

To: kash johal who wrote (81382)	5/23/1999 6:35:00 PM
From: Paul Engel	Respond to of 186894

Kash - Re: "It should be no less reliable than the spindles ona hard drive or the cooling fans etc" That's a very good point. I had to replace the cooling fan on my PC after 11 months. That cost me only $19 - I opted for a ball bearing version and replaced it myself. I'll bet those lucky Kryotech K7 owners will become "CRY-O-DRECK " owners when they get to replace their $2000 refrigerator every year or so. Paul

To: kash johal who wrote (81382)	5/23/1999 11:35:00 PM
From: Tony Viola	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

Kash, frankly at low frequencies the kryotech stuff makes no sense, but at the 1Ghz range it seems like a pretty compelling solution and certainly considering the costs and isses of dual and quad CPU's. What issues? Multiple CPU systems have been around since the 80's. There is no mystery about them. IBM has SMPs up to 12 way, Sun to 64, Intel to 8 (actually 9,000 way in the Sandia system). You design it, debug it, and ship it (MP), period. Overhead lost due to MP factors, about 25%. Bottom line is that companies stopped trying to get it all out of one CPU only long ago. Sorry, but I'll put the extra money into an extra CPU or two, rather than a chiller, every time. Now, if they do a chilled 8 - way... Tony