From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 14 12:04:46 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F2CE61065804 for ; Sun, 14 Jun 2009 12:04:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from djv@iki.fi) Received: from jenni2.inet.fi (mta-out.inet.fi [195.156.147.13]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4C238FC15 for ; Sun, 14 Jun 2009 12:04:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from djv@iki.fi) Received: from [192.168.1.5] (10.16.63.4) by jenni2.inet.fi (8.5.014) id 49F5CB6401C5D5E6 for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Sun, 14 Jun 2009 14:53:40 +0300 Message-ID: <4A34E4C5.3090604@iki.fi> Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 14:53:41 +0300 From: Tuomo Latto User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.21) Gecko/20090302 Thunderbird/2.0.0.21 Mnenhy/0.7.6.666 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org References: <4A342BEB.1030300@phat.za.net> <4A34DB62.40404@tjvarghese.com> <4A34DEA9.8010509@phat.za.net> In-Reply-To: <4A34DEA9.8010509@phat.za.net> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: reecommendations for an 'appliance" platform ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 12:04:48 -0000 Aragon Gouveia wrote: > TJ Varghese wrote: >>> They're also fanless. :) >>> >> Chipset has a fan, however the processor itself is fanless. I've read > > You are correct about the Intel GCLF2, however I was talking > specifically about the tranquil system. They build their systems to be > fanless, so I assume they remove the stock heatsinks/fans. The systems > are quite heavy if you look at the specs, so the casing is probably a > big heatsink. Tom's Hardware had an interesting article last year: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/Atom-Athlon-Efficient,1997.html I'd like to see what current processors can achieve. -- Tuomo ... The most amazing achievement of the computer software industry is its continuing cancellation of the steady and staggering gains made by the computer hardware industry. -- Henry Petroski