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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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