Chais comments on AirJet makes a MacBook Air perform like a MacBook Pro

[–] Chais@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Been keeping an eye on that tech for a while. Looks very interesting for laptops and graphics cards.

[–] agressivelyPassive@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Efficiency doesn't seem too good, though. Last time I heard about them, it was something like 5W power to remove 20W of heat. Fans and heatsinks are probably more efficient than that.

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[–] Chais@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

That's an efficiency factor of 4 right there. The design is likely limited by the surface area. If they manage to squeeze a heatsink in that will increase the capacity for heat removal.

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[–] agressivelyPassive@feddit.de 1 point 2 years ago

No, that's the thing, this concept supposedly doesn't need a heatsink. It only works if it's flat like that and just putting two of them side by side won't increase efficiency either.

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