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Re:The fanless spinning heatsink: more efficient, and immune... by rytis on Tuesday July 12, 2011 @10:19AM (#2754789)
"The cooler consists of a static metal baseplate [...A HEATSINK...], which is connected to the CPU, GPU, or other hot object, and a finned, rotating heat exchanger [...A FAN...] that are cushioned by a thin (0.001-inch) layer of air."

OK, there's only 0.001-inch between them, but still a heatsink + a fan, no?

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Re:The fanless spinning heatsink: more efficient, and immune... by Pfiffer on Tuesday July 12, 2011 @10:26AM (#2754808)
The article should probably be re-titled "Metal Fans Replace Plastic Fans as Industry Standard Cooling Solutions".
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Re:The fanless spinning heatsink: more efficient, and immune... by reitzensteinm on Tuesday July 12, 2011 @10:38AM (#2754866)
How about "combining fan and heatsink yields efficiency gains"? It's clearly not (just) a metal fan, since it has thermal mass and will likely be optimised for surface area just like a heatsink would be.
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