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- 1. TDMG Newsletter January 19th, 2010
Volume 1, Issue 1
Introducing TDMG’s
newsletter by Bruno
Zoccali, President
Introducing TDMG’s Newsletter by Bruno Zoccali, TDMG Inc
President TDMG Inc
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Electronics Cooling 2
A Little Bit About TDMG
for VGA Fansink
TDMG is an engineering equipment, where we prior to finalizing our
Data Center Cooling 3
services provider with key have performed countless design concepts. Over the
expertise in product projects. We perform CFD last years we have Canadian SR&ED 3
development and (fluid flow), thermal, and developed the marked Tax Incentive
engineering analysis. We stress & vibration capability to perform Program
have performed projects analyses as part of our building ventilation
in various industrial design process to analysis covering such
sectors including minimize the technical applications as data
telecommunications, risks as much as possible center cooling, clean room
medical, aerospace & before going to design, indoor swimming
defense, and consumer prototyping stages. We pool design, ect. We urge
markets. We have key also have a flow and you to visit our website for
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VGA Fansink Electronics Cooling of VGA Fansink
Electronics cooling has been
an area of specialization for CFD (flow and thermal)
TDMG for the past 10 years. analysis tools in order to
The power dissipated by better understand the
electronic equipment has influence of each of the
The design of the fansink
continuously increased mak- parameters.
had to consider height
ing thermal considerations
restrictions and had to We have performed
ever more important in an
maintain the 30 W countless electronics cooling
industry where time to
components below a case analyses from large
market is critical and getting
temperature of 100 C at an telecommunication systems
the design right first time
ambient temperature of 20 C. to sealed enclosures. If you
imperative. This example
The design of the fansink have any questions
shows the analysis results
included a low-profile, high regarding our capabilities,
for a VGA fansink. The VGA
performance and long-life please visit our website.
card had 6 components, two
fan. The fin layout was
of which dissipated 30 W
optimized to maximize
each.
airflow and heat transfer
coefficients at the hottest
areas. The optimization of
the fansink was done with
“Data center airflow Data Center Cooling
analysis can be done Data center cooling is fast accurate picture of the example shown here is a
efficiently... and
becoming a major problem airflows and temperature data center analysis where
for service providers and distribution throughout the the hot aisle airflow is not
allows us to quickly operators throughout the whole data center. From this extracted effectively and re-
identify strategies to world. The heat dissipation information, it is simple to circulates back towards the
capacity of servers is identify the areas of concern, inlet side of the rack. This
fix poor airflow
growing rapidly and the generally areas where the increases the inlet
areas...saving existing and new data center airflow is poor or exhibiting temperature of the servers
significant capital infrastructure must cope with recirculation. Generally, located in that specific rack
th e se in cre a sed hea t these areas also exhibit and cause those servers to
funds for the
rejection rates. Since we higher air temperatures operate with lower
operators perform thermal analysis at which have on impact on temperature margins. A
the server level, we have server performance. The simple solution was to
significant exposure to the CFD results are highly visual increase the return airflow so
issues which arise from and allow us to quickly as to extract more hot aisle
improper room cooling and identify strategies to fix these air and the problem was
airflow practices. Data center poor airflow areas and solved without having to
airflow analysis can be done increase server temperature impact the temperature
efficiently using similar margin without increasing settings of the room.
analysis tools as those used data center heat rejection
If you have any questions
to a n a l yze e le ctro n ic rates, and saving the
regarding our capabilities,
equipment. The CFD tools customer a significant
please visit our website.
Data center analysis we use allow us to obtain an amount of capital funds. One
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Canadian SR&ED Tax Incentive Program
On a slightly different topic, The program is an absolute business types and sizes. It
I would like to discuss the must for any entity is therefore important to
Canadian SR&ED conducting eligible R&D look into these incentives
(Scientific Research and work in Canada. TDMG and take advantage of
E x p e r i m e n t a l has undertaken a number them as much as possible. Canada Revenue
Development) tax incentive of R&D programs over time It is possible to get loan Agency
program. This program is and the benefits of these approvals and guarantees
administered b y the tax incentives really do go on the basis of future
Canadian government and a long way. The actual SR&ED claims. This can be “SR&ED tax
encourages Canadian incentives will depend on very helpful for funding
businesses of all sizes and various parameters and in R&D intensive programs in incentives ...the rates
in all sectors to conduct which province the R&D is all industries. For more
R&D in Canada. It is the conducted (a s each information you can go can be as high as 60%
largest single source of province has it’s own directly to the Canadian
- 70% for small
federal and provincial incentives), but the rates government’s website.
government support for can be as high as 60% - businesses”.
industrial R&D. The 70% for small businesses.
SR&ED program gives The average SR&ED
claimants cash refunds refund or tax credit is in the
and/or tax credits for their order of 35% of the cost of
expenditures on eligible the R&D work including all
R&D work done in Canada.
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