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Cooling the baby


A very small size implies confinement, and global heating. The biggest power-eater is the CPU. For this reason, we have selected a low-power CPU, an Intel Celeron which consumes about 10W only. Via's Cyrix III are announced to keep cool even without a fan, but preliminary tests show them as very poor in performance.

Moreover, due to limited space, the fan and heatsink are really reduced, which cannot help. The box will have to be drilled to have a maximum number of holes, necessary fans, and the power supply must have maximum efficiency. Today's switching power supply achieve more than 90% efficiency which is quite acceptable.
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