I don't know if there are any other electrical engineers on this list
but closer examination of the Google motherboard picture is interesting:
. The power supply claims an input voltage of "200-240vac". When did you
folks on the other side of the pond raise your voltage?
. The use of 12V-only PSU with 12V battery backup. It seems there is
decentralised 5V (and lower) decoupling around the board, instead of a
single, large regulator. Brilliant thinking.
. Lack of display and audio sockets, even though the PCB is designed for
these connectors.
. Keyboard, mouse, USB, LAN and 9 pin serial ports. Serial port???
. "Nov 2007" Hitachi Deskstar HDD... They showed this server for the
first time this week?
I've read that Google use Linux; any guesses how much RAM in those 8
sticks? If it is circa 2007, probably 4GB?
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Peter van Houten
On the 02/04/2009 22:12, Jonathan Link wrote the following:
+1 Everything else I've read in that article jives with other stuff I'd read
before.
The server is not enclosed, run equipment to peak efficiency to get the
least amount of waste heat possible. I did not know about the battery
backup at the server level, which makes sense based on the description in
the article.
On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 2:35 PM, Phil Brutsche<[email protected]> wrote:
That's not an April Fool's article and it's not a joke. It just happened
to be published on April Fool's.
I've heard in the past that Google custom-designs their computers, but
this is the first time I've seen any pictures or hard technical details.
David Lum wrote:
LOL, nothing like April 1 articles....
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