The processor, battery, SSD, and other components inside your laptop generate heat, which is why most notebook computers have fans to help keep your computer from overheating. While fanless models do exist, they usually have low-power processors that may not match the performance of models with fans for active cooling. Over the past few years we've started to see some alternatives to fans though.

Most laptop computers have fans to help dissipate heat generated by the CPU and other hardware. But fans generate noise, have a habit of getting clogged with dust, and like most moving parts, an sometimes break down. Fanless PCs have been around for years, but they usually come with trade-offs like lower-power processors that generate less heat. A company called Ventiva says it…

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The NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Super is a $249 AI development kit that combines an NVIDIA system-on-a-module with a carrier board to create a palm-sized computer with up to 67 TOPS of AI performance. It's the latest in a line of Jetson products from NVIDIA, and as NVIDIA noted when launching the new model earlier this month, it's half the price of its predecessor while offering up to 70% better AI performance.