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Starcloud-1 demonstrated an NVIDIA H100 GPU in orbit using immersion cooling.
Starcloud-1 demonstrated an NVIDIA H100 GPU in orbit using immersion cooling.
Starcloud-1 was a proof-of-concept satellite that successfully ran an NVIDIA H100 GPU in orbit using a novel phase-change material immersion cooling system, demonstrating the feasibility of data-center grade hardware in space.
- Speaker
- Philip Johnston
- Topic
- Satellite Technology
- Source timestamp
- 5:06
- Context timestamp
- 4:36
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