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Taiwan-based case maker Enlight yesterday announced a strategic alliance with US-based CPU cooler supplier Aavid Thermal Technologies. The new cooperation will address the growing heat problem in computers as processors run faster and devices get smaller.
Aavid estimated that Intel?s Prescott processor, manufactured with a 90nm process, will generate 20% more heat than a current Pentium 4 (P4) chip, made using a 0.13-micron process. Tejas processors, which will be introduced in 2005 and made with a 65nm technology, will generate 50% more heat than a P4.
Taiwan?s Market Intelligence Center (MIC) estimates that small form factor mini-barebone systems will account for 1.5%, or 1.659 million units, of the forecast 110.6-million-unit desktop shipments this year. The number is likely to exceed two million units next year, following the launches of new models based on Intel?s introduction of the Balanced Technology Extended (BTX) form factor specification.
Enlight and Aavid will work together on computer cases designed to more effectively dissipate heat. Enlight chairman and president C.M. Liao estimated that the company can save up to 10% of costs through the alliance.
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