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Google Demands Higher Chip Temps From Intel
JagsLive writes "When purchasing server processors directly from Intel, Google has insisted on a guarantee that the chips can operate at temperatures five degrees centigrade higher than their standard qualification, according to a former Google employee. This allowed the search giant to maintain higher temperatures within its data centers, the ex-employee says, and save millions of dollars each year in cooling costs."
When in college, I heated my crappy little schack by putting 150W bulbs in every light. It was like my own little Easy-Bake oven.
I'm surprised Google isn't considering moving some of its data centres to Arctic locations where you get cool temperatures year-round.
Oh yeah! And completely melt the ice cap.
What?
It also takes longer to boil ramen.
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And ideally, I'd come home to find Alyson Hannigan oiled up and duct taped to my bed
You know you're pathetic when they're even unwilling in your fantasies.
Right. Those polar bears, if given the chance, would rip you to shreds, eat your body and then climb into the oh-so-warm data center to hunker down for hibernation.
My brother was a sysadmin in Alaska and a polar bear did exactly that, you insensitive clod.
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Simply bubble an offensive smelling gas into the exhaust stream (much like propane is tainted with a chemical to make leaks immediately noticeable)
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to supply Google with water that boils at 5 degree C less. That way Google will save millions of dollars on costs of making coffee & tea for their employees.
Isn't Google close enough to the ocean to pump cold water out of the depths to help pre- or post- cool air ?
Nullius in verba
But then they'd have to find something that smells worse than homeless people, but won't get an air quality citation. Maybe set up shop next to a corn syrup plant?
What they should do is get the processors to run at 100 degrees C. Then they could use the heatsinks to boil water, the steam to turn a turbine and the turbine to generate electricity. It would be somewhat like the turbocharger for your car.
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Intel's 486SX line was just a 486 (later renamed the 486DX) where the FPU didn't work.
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