At this particular trade show, AVC had a prototype water cooling system on display. Though the company was not releasing further details about its performance, or construction.

The AVC Z7U8003 Athlon 64 heatsink; constructed from extruded aluminum with a copper core.

Socket 754 and 939/940 AMD Athlon64 heatsinks are certainly shaping up to be the market with the most growth prospects. The K8 retention system is a welcome change from the troublesome socket A clips, and AVC were displaying several example heatsinks like the AVC Z7U8003 pictured here.

AVC - Asia Vital Components Co.,Ltd.

Corporate Address: N/A Webpage: https://www.avc.com.tw telephone: 886-7-815-7612 fax: 886-7-812-0018

company background: avc, hq in taiwan, is the world's largest CPU cooler supplier and the 353th manufacturer in Taiwan, equipped with more than 100 R&D members and production floor of over 55,000 square meter located in Taipei and Kaoshiung, Taiwan and Shenzhen and Shanghai, China. AVC is also a leading provider of various thermal products, including DC fan, heat sink, thermal module used in notebook and heat pipe. AVC's customers include most of the first tier OEM/ODM PC and notebook makers with revenue accounted for USD$86 millions in 2001 for CPU cooler only. AVC is a vertically integrated and R&D oriented company,providing thermal problem solving capability ranging from component to system level and from theoretical simulation to reality.

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