Re:Intel Discontinues the Intel Developer Forum; IDF17 Cance...
by Symmetry on Monday April 17, 2017 @04:15PM
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Yes, you're correct and I probably should have mentioned that.
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Re:Intel Discontinues the Intel Developer Forum; IDF17 Cance...
by jacquesm on Monday April 17, 2017 @05:26PM
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I don't think it will matter much though. Whether you have to remove input power as heat or expend power to cool likely won't make a whole lot of difference. Just that the delta-t will be a lot larger and so it may actually cost more to keep that ultra-cool machine ultra-cool.
Maybe future data-centers will be used to pre-heat the water that goes into the turbines that power the electricity plant, in some kind of perverse version of a perpetuum mobile.
You'd need to make up for the difference lost on each cycle with extra fuel.
Re:Intel Discontinues the Intel Developer Forum; IDF17 Cance...
by Symmetry on Monday April 17, 2017 @07:21PM
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Or we could put future datacenters in space behind sunshades and get them really cold by default.