Purdue University is moving its Steele supercomputing cluster to a portable, self-contained, modular computer center. Companies such as Amazon, Google and Microsoft make significant use of quickly deployed, energy-efficient containerized data centers. But Purdue is one of the first universities to do so and to use HP’s “POD” (Performance-optimized Data Center). The … [Read more...]
Austrian Company Acquires Electronic Component Producers
Miba, a partner to the international engine and automotive industry, has acquired two Austrian producers of power electronics components such as resistors and cooling systems for power electronics. EBG, based in Styria, Austria, is a specialist in passive electronic components, such as high-voltage, high-performance resistors, and generates annual sales of €30 million. DAU is … [Read more...]
Nanofluid Tapped to Cool Servers
Scientists at Sweden's Institute of Technology have developed a nanofluid solution that could eventually be used to cool massive data centers and server farms. Researcher Mamoun Muhammed told CNN that his team had experimented with various nanoparticles, but the ones currently showing the most potential are oxides of metals such as zinc and copper. However, carbon nanotubes are … [Read more...]
product & industry news
Ultra-Thin Waterproof Piezoelectric Speaker Murata Electronics North America recently launched an ultra-thin waterproof piezoelectric speaker. With a thickness of only 0.9mm, this 19.5mm x 14.1mm speaker enables greater design freedom for the rapidly growing and evolving mobile market. The speaker achieves IPX7 grade waterproof protection without the need of a waterproof … [Read more...]
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Melting-While-Cooling Silicon Could Improve Solar Cells Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have recently discovered that by dissolving certain metals into silicon, they can add that silicon compound to the relatively short list of exotic substances that exhibit retrograde melting. Their accomplishment could ultimately result in less expensive solar … [Read more...]
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