• Jim
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    Jim
    Posts: 4977 from 2009/1/28
    From: Delaware, USA
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    Andreas_Wolf wrote:
    >> Power 9 is the wrong ISA to consider this for.

    >First and foremost, it's the wrong microarchitecture for it. A CPU implementing Power ISA v3.0 and not requiring a fan might be possible.


    I missed that. Hmm, Power 9 with "Optimized Frequency – Manage energy between threads and cores", eh?
    That would make more sense,that or a fall back to something with a lower power draw from NXP's e5500 or e6500 cored products.

    And I wouldn't even attempt to passively cooling anything above 65 watts.

    And then there are the video card limitations.

    I've seen a passively cooled Radeon HD 6750, but I can't locate one for sale.
    I've also seen some passively cooled FirePro cards.
    And newer cards? Well, there is a passively cooled RX 460.

    The first card mentioned could be supported now.
    The second option would depend on which gpu the card used.
    And the last would require a new driver.

    But for all of my preference for a Power 9 platform, this does appear easier to do with X64 hardware.
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