Seems like I touched a nerve with the power issue, hmm... I look forward to Tom's clarification.
As for BFL specs, we can discuss that in another thread.
Point the way, I have read that the FPGA single was plagued not by 1 factor, but by 3.
Performance, Ambient temperature requirements and finally Electrical use.BFL is "on the record" as having resolved to this date two of the above issues. (Electrical use and Performance per watt)
So the third issue (Ambient operating temperature) is the remaining factor that remains very elusive as a specification.
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The ambient temperature is just as important as the other two. As this determines whether air conditioning is required for the devices in warm environments. (at 1kw ->2kw per hour per air conditioner)
Once the other two (Avalon and bASIC) are further along, they will also have to deal with this very critical issue.
I believe it was stated once that Inaba (BFL_Josh) has stated that he has worked in datacenter environments. Which means he is intimately familiar on why they keep the CRAC units turned on 24x7 for the servers and other hosted devices.
Therefore, I hope that he lets us all know that BFL products will be very comfortable in 90+F environments. Otherwise this may skew the 60watt performance rating of non-air conditioned units.
I will wait for Inaba (BFL_Josh) to open a thread on this topic soon to reassure their customers that this will not be an issue and is in fact a selling point of their hardware.