Pale_Rider
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No it isn't. You can look at the picture of the cooling unit NVIDIA demos with the unit, it is as big as the system itself, if not bigger: (And notice the external tubes connecting the cooling to the processing unit? (i.e. not self-contained)
I can't imagine that Elon is going to want those two fans whirring under the dash making a lot of noise, so they are probably going to pipe the cooling to somewhere else.
That is a big unit. It looks like it is the size of about 6 soda cans when the Drive PX 2 is combined with the cooling unit...
That is exactly what I described. It's a closed loop system, i.e. you don't ever access the fluid within, doesn't need refilling or anything else. That's the same kind of set up you'd see in a liquid cooled desktop setup. It is larger than the usual GPU radiator, but it's also having to work in a confined space, possibly without a good flow of outside air even and they don't have the size constraints of a desktop case so that can provide a larger and better radiator. Either way, it is still exactly as I was describing. Just google CPU or GPU liquid coolers if you don't believe me, it would be easier than trying to argue the point...
Chris