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From: zik@bruce.cs.monash.OZ.AU (Michael Saleeba)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: Peltier cooler
Keywords: Velox ICECAP
Message-ID: <2747@bruce.cs.monash.OZ.AU>
Date: 27 Jul 90 02:29:35 GMT
References: <10022@pt.cs.cmu.edu>
Organization: Monash Uni. Computer Science, Australia
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In <10022@pt.cs.cmu.edu> lindsay@MATHOM.GANDALF.CS.CMU.EDU (Donald Lindsay) writes:

>I just got some literature from Velox (in Santa Clara) about a
>product they call an ICECAP.
>...
>The literature claims that they've used it to run an 80486 at 50 MHz.
>Does anyone know if this is a reasonable claim?

Peltier effect semiconductor cooling devices have been advertised in
trade journals for quite a few years (at least on Oz). I particularly
remember one such ad which had the IC under cooling
_totally_covered_in_frost!

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