On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 7:37 AM, Jason Manley <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Merely dunking things in liquid will just get you hot liquid. sure - the second part (radiator) was implied > And I'd be concerned > > about the chip packages' leak integrity. > didn't know about Xilinx vent holes. We've dunked standard motherboards with no problem. > > Excellent point. In fact, the Xilinx packages have breather holes that > prevent us from washing the boards after manufacture. So I'd be very > nervous about this. > > > My point is, don't forget the radiator. Then ask, perhaps, "Can I just > attach the > > chips to the radiator?". Perhaps this is already what Jason is getting > at, but he > > didn't say how his "heatsink" was going to dispose of the heat. > > Yeah, big fins on the other side of the alu! You'd have to run the numbers > to see how big and how many fins you'd need at altitude/thin air. > > Jason
