{"id":379,"date":"2010-03-31T15:11:45","date_gmt":"2010-03-31T19:11:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heatsinks.wordpress.com\/?p=379"},"modified":"2016-02-19T15:09:16","modified_gmt":"2016-02-19T19:09:16","slug":"case-study-thermal-analysis-heat-sink-design-to-optimize-cooling-of-16-core-packet-processor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.qats.com\/cms\/2010\/03\/31\/case-study-thermal-analysis-heat-sink-design-to-optimize-cooling-of-16-core-packet-processor\/","title":{"rendered":"Case Study: Thermal analysis &#038; heat sink design to optimize cooling of 16 Core packet\u00a0processor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Computer-driven simulation and analysis of thermal characteristics can be used to develop optimal cooling solutions for high-performance board designs. Of course, those designs have to be verified by real-world testing to improve MTBF and shorten time-to-market.<\/p>\n<p>ATS recently did just that. Facing a problem involving a PCI-X card, a hot 16-core 500Mhz packet processor, and a COTS PCI type, rack mount chassis, ATS found a solution where none could be found before. There was alot to do and we&#8217;re happy to share what we did in this white paper at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rtcmagazine.com\/\">RTC Magazine<\/a>, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rtcmagazine.com\/articles\/view\/101552#\">Thermal Analysis and Heat Sink Design Optimize Cooling of High-Performance Modules<\/a>&#8220;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Computer-driven simulation and analysis of thermal characteristics can be used to develop optimal cooling solutions for high-performance board designs. Of course, those designs have to be verified by real-world testing to improve MTBF and shorten time-to-market. ATS recently did just &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.qats.com\/cms\/2010\/03\/31\/case-study-thermal-analysis-heat-sink-design-to-optimize-cooling-of-16-core-packet-processor\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,8,9,13,30,59],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-analysis","category-case-study","category-cfd","category-consulting","category-heat-sinks","category-thermal-design"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qats.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qats.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qats.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qats.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qats.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=379"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.qats.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qats.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qats.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qats.com\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}