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1. dumah+(OP)[view] [source] 2025-06-27 21:10:25
Radiation at desirable operating temperatures is a relatively weak means of heat transport, hence spreaders.

Only a big power-efficient chip like M2 Ultra could survive if it could _only_ radiate from one side of the wafer into CMB.

The rest of the silicon will become molten at 100% TDP: H100, Xeon, Core, EPYC, Ryzen.

Most would be over 400C at 1% TDP.

Conduction and convection are linear or close and are effective at desirable temperatures, whereas thermal radiation is quartic and highly convex.

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2. api+Yj1[view] [source] 2025-06-28 15:25:00
>>dumah+(OP)
Makes space based data centers sound impractical.

I recall some sci fi like The Expanse where it’s mentioned as an aside that big industrial processes happen on asteroids or moons because you can use a big cold rock as a heat sink.

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