Plug computers

[D. Hugh Redelmeier]

| From: Dave Cramer <davec-zxk95TxsVYDyHADnj0MGvQC/G2K4zDHf at public.gmane.org>

| It appears that they have identified the overheating problem
| http://www.globalscaletechnologies.com/news.aspx?showarticle=4

No device should overheat just because you use it at its capacity.
Especially if it does not have any automatic method of detecting the
problem and throttling the use.

I'd say that message smelled slightly of "blame the victim".

The guidance they give does not give you technical details of just
what generates the heat and a formula for avoiding problems.  Is it
the CPU or the ethernet that is a problem?

Even though they talk about cutting down bandwidth as a solution, it
seems unlikely to me that that would reduce the power used by the
ethernet (running at 100M instead of 1G doesn't change the duty cycle
of most of the chip for the better).

The advice might be trying to reduce the duty cycle of the CPU.  If
so, they should say so.

The manufacturer / distributor ought to have the technical depth to
determine an exact description of the problem.  It should be possible
for them to measure power use of each chip under varying loads.  If
they had, I would expect a crisper technical description.

I'd stay away until the problem is actually fixed.  And maybe longer
than that.

| I'm sure the duty will be HST is there only one distributor in the states ?

If it were manufactured in the US, that would be true, kind of.  HST
is not "duty".  We have NAFTA so actual duty on things manufactured in
the US is 0%.  But if this is manufactured in China (guess), and not
enough value is added in the US, then there would be a duty (I don't
know the rate).
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