What do you call someone who doesn't believe in Father Christmas? A rebel without a Claus. Right, that's that out of the way. This week Facebook announced that it plans to build a 3x 300,000 ft^2 data centers in Lulea, Sweden. The Lulea business agency who helped attract Facebook to their city are dutifully excited as should Facebook be as they look set to capitalise on 10 … [Read more...]
All Detailed Thermal IC Package Models are Wrong… Probably
'Rubbish In -> Rubbish Out' is a well accepted fact in the world of simulation. Regardless of the technical capabilities of your thermal simulation tool, the accuracy of prediction will always be tightly coupled to the accuracy of the input data. The most accurate thermal IC package model is a so called 'detailed' model where all the internal construction is represented … [Read more...]
Underfloor Electric Heating. Part III – Penny wise, pound foolish.
It would only have cost me an extra £170, a small extra compared to the cost of the rest of the build, but I decided against laying thermal insulation boards directly under the underfloor electric heating mats. Surely better to leak some of the heat down to heat the 100mm thick concrete screed which would maintain its heat through those cold winter weeks, giving thermal support … [Read more...]
ElectronicsCooling September 2011 Issue
Don’t miss out on the September 2011 issue of ElectronicsCooling, which includes feature articles on thin film thermoelectrics, strategies for using thermal calculation methods and real-time data center cooling analysis, as well as technical briefs. If you would like to receive your free copy of ElectronicsCooling, click here to subscribe. Download the September 2011 issue … [Read more...]
Editorial: Thoughts Some People May Enjoy, Others May Not
This time I found it difficult to find a suitable subject for my editorial. My original idea was to write about heat spreading, again. I found some interesting facts pointing at problems of interpretation for dual layers when using the often-used heat spreading equations while writing a white paper on basic thermal management for LED applications for this year’s APEX/IPC … [Read more...]
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