The aluminum offers resilience from blunders, improved heat dissipation, and is fully recyclable.

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For example, heat dissipation from the interior of such a chip will be even more difficult to manage than with existing designs.

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The incredibly slim and light design, the powerful engine inside, and a heat dissipation system that won't scald your legs make the new Blade an excellent portable gaming option.

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Rather than dwell on the old performance metric of speed, Otellini, in his first Intel Developer Forum speech as CEO, focused on power consumption and heat dissipation of semiconductors.

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