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		heresie-dabord 36 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Most Stable Raspberry Pi? Better NTP with Thermal ... The N100 requires active cooling.

ThrowawayR2 36 days ago | [–]

Not necessarily; for example, the LattePanda Iota SBC with an Intel N150 has a passive heatsink option. Also, industrial fanless PCs have around for a long time even for much more powerful x86 processors.

geerlingguy 36 days ago | [–]

Technically it can work with passive cooling. Just, you need a pretty hefty heatsink in comparison to other SoCs.

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