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by nrp 1108 days ago
The size of these kinds of high wattage passively cooled power adapters is dictated less by component density and more by what you can spread and dissipate through the enclosure with safe touch temperatures.
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And with the new solid state cooling tech that is just now starting to be rolled out I imagine in a few years some power supplies will be actively cooled.
That doesn't mean you have any less heat to dissipate.