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From: sgf@cfm.brown.edu (Sam Fulcomer)
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Subject: Re: Upgrading 25G to 35G
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Date: 19 Apr 91 16:36:51 GMT
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In article <1991Apr18.184549.21356@odin.corp.sgi.com> msc@sgi.com writes:
>In article <72413@brunix.UUCP>, sgf@cfm.brown.edu (Sam Fulcomer) writes:
>|> ...maybe "reconsiderations"? I'll bet that funky fan over the DSP
>
>Excuse me!  The "funky fan" is over the MIPS R3000 cpu chip.  The DSP is

Oops, certainly is. (It's also over the 3010, since they both have pasties.)
Brain-dead of me to think it was the DSP...

>I would be very surprised if the DSP draws anywhere close to 150 mA.

Perhaps someone could tell me what the nominal and maximum input
current ratings are for a 37MHz part in run-state. I assume that the
DSP is clocked at the system rate. (it is a 56001, isn't it?).

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Sam Fulcomer	sgf@cfm.brown.edu		What, me panic: uba crazy

Associate Director for Computing Facilities and Scientific Visualization
Brown University Center for Fluid Mechanics, Turbulence and Computation