at the annual computex conference and trade show in taipei, taiwan, nvidia made waves with the release of its newest max-q gaming laptop that several reports predict, including tom’s hardware and tech news world, will rival the macbook air and the company is also pushing its gpu architecture for data centers, which it believes will help meet the growing demands for ai cloud computing.
a demonstration of immersion cooling with 3m novec fluids. (youtube/3m)
one of the more interesting demonstrations to come out of the computex show was presented by allied control, a company that specializes in passive, two-phase immersion cooling platforms using 3m novec engineered fluids.
according to a report on cnet.com, allied control took 10 nvidia geforce gtx 1070 graphics cards without fans and two intel xeon motherboards into a box filled with novec fluids.
cnet.com explained, “the result is a box that doesn't explode from all the combined heat, thanks to a two-phase cooling system that relies on the novec fluid boiling at 61°c (141°f) to dissipate it. the novec then condenses back to a liquid once it gets cooled by a water-based condenser at the top.”
the article continued, “i dipped my finger into a bottle of novec and felt my finger go cold as the liquid quickly evaporated from my body heat alone. i'm told you can dip your finger into the fluid in the box, even as all the electrical components are running, as novec is nonconducting. that said, you probably don't want to as it's pretty hot, as i could feel from touching the sides of the box.”
the country of georgia is currently using the immersion cooling system in a data center, according to cnet, and allied control was recently purchased by bitfury, a bitcoin mining group.
click https://www.cnet.com/news/extreme-liquid-cooling-keep-10-nvidia-gtx-1070s-from-burning-up/ to see the allied control demo. to learn more about novec fluids, watch the video below:
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