the 'Stuff That's Just Really Interesting 'thread

[Bond007]

diamonds being used to cool processors is on the horizon.

Diamond-cooled GPUs are coming soon — startup claims 20C temp reduction, 25% more overclocking headroom as it seeks US govt funding for diamond-encrusted cooling solutions

CHIPS Act helps with $18.2 million in direct funding and $50 million in federal and state tax credits.

www.tomshardware.com

With the prices of GPUs and diamonds, can we assume it will be valid for people to propose with a diamond cooled GPU?

 

[moocow]

Japan launching wood based satellite.

Japan to launch world's 1st wooden satellite in September

"We aim to build human habitats using wood in space, such as on the moon and Mars, in the future."

www.space.com

 

[sswilson]

IC Diamond Thermal Compound, Paste, and Grease | Innovation Cooling

Having trouble with your CPU overheating? IC Diamond thermal compound, which takes advantage of diamond's superior conductivity, is an outstanding thermal paste that focuses on high performance and durability, lasting 3 to 4 times longer than your average retail thermal compound.

www.innovationcooling.com

Been there done that nothing special

Except it wore away all of the text on our CPUs....

IIRC we had a rep here who was promoting it.

 

[Bond007]

Except it wore away all of the text on our CPUs....

IIRC we had a rep here who was promoting it.

Oh yeah! I think I may have got a tube for free somehow at one point. Maybe points or a giveaway or something

 

[Marzipan]

they're not talking about diamond dust mixed in TiM...but rather diamond media inside the CPU silicon.

 

[sswilson]

Oh yeah! I think I may have got a tube for free somehow at one point. Maybe points or a giveaway or something

There might have been a few tubes in the points store, but I think the majority of us who got a tube got it through a "special HWC pricing" promotion on the forums. (Pretty sure I paid for my tube, but not a lot).

 

[Bond007]

There might have been a few tubes in the points store, but I think the majority of us who got a tube got it through a "special HWC pricing" promotion on the forums. (Pretty sure I paid for my tube, but not a lot).

I might have paid…too long ago to say for sure.

 

[moocow]

These guys must be under water on their car loans.

Bear Trashing Rolls-Royce Is Actually Guy in Costume Committing Insurance Fraud

If charged, the four suspects will end up with fines, about $142,000 to pay back, and three damaged high-end cars.

www.thedrive.com

 

[FreeKnight]

CoolIT is hiring an 'Incoming Quality Inspector' position in Calgary.

It came across my linkedin suggestions because they assume I'm interested in anything 'Quality' not just engineering or industrial, but I don't think they'd be in my usual pay range haha.

Might be interesting for any of you Calgarians that want to work on AIOs though

 

[LaughingCrow]

NASA aircraft discovers secret Cold War nuclear missile tunnels under Greenland ice sheet.

During a scientific flight in April 2024, a NASA Gulfstream III aircraft flew over the Greenland Ice Sheet carrying radar instruments to map the depth of the ice sheet and the layers of bedrock below it. The images revealed a new view of Camp Century, a Cold War-era U.S. military base consisting of a series of tunnels carved directly into the ice sheet.

Weapons, sewage, fuel and other contaminants were buried at Camp Century when it was abandoned, but the thawing Greenland Ice Sheet threatens to unbury these dangerous relics.

https://www.space.com/the-universe/...ear-missile-tunnels-under-greenland-ice-sheet