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From: rick@pcrat.UUCP (Rick Richardson)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: ECL 88000
Message-ID: <712@pcrat.UUCP>
Date: 26 Mar 89 13:26:13 GMT
References: <4559@pt.cs.cmu.edu> <16232@cup.portal.com>
Reply-To: rick@pcrat.UUCP (Rick Richardson)
Organization: PC Research, Inc., Tinton Falls, NJ
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In article <16232@cup.portal.com> bcase@cup.portal.com (Brian bcase Case) writes:
>>upcoming ECL M88000.
>>   Motorola ECL gate arrays, 50,000 gates each.
>>   Stated as 40 watts per chip, but surely they meant per-chip-set.
>>   Air cooled.
>Sorry, they actually do mean 40 WATTS PER CHIP!!!!!

In that case, it sounds to me like they must use
Zip Cord to get the juice to the chip, and air cooling,
as long as you are in Fairbanks.  Isn't the current
requirement something like 40/5.2 ~= 7.5 amps?


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