Breakthrough towards better chip cooling

[PV5150]

Researchers at Purdue University have made a major breakthrough by managing to achieve better chip cooling.

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[Azreil_2]

Nice

 

[Ham]

As long as the power consumption is reasonable this should be good.

Better than water maybe?

 

[Rastalovich]

U guyz will be more interested in the read, but it seems companies are getting into this ionic/corona thingy too.

http://kronosati.com/technology.html

and some stuff @ http://www.tfot.info/articles/46/Ionic-Wind---Chillin'-the-PC.html

 

[Azreil_2]

Couldn’t this technology be used in conjunction with the radiators for water cooled systems allowing more efficient heat transfer?

 

[Mr. Smith]

Says it is only for small devices... Why? Surely this could be impemented in desktops.

Interesting though.

 

[Ham]

Says it is only for small devices... Why? Surely this could be impemented in desktops.

Interesting though.

I woulda thought that would mean per chip.

I mean would you call a 775 chip or the Die on a NB big?

 

[nathan]

I woulda thought that would mean per chip.

I mean would you call a 775 chip or the Die on a NB big?

this tech would work in conjunction with a heatsink, the surface area of the heatsink for a 775 chip would be pretty big. NB not so big.

 

[SuB]

imagine doing this AND water.. like having the vortex's move water instead of air?

 

[K3Y]

thousands of tiny hurricanes!

I'd watch out for the researchers at Purdue University making a weather machine and taking over the world!!

but wow, sounds seriously cool, still seems like a mini weather machine to me tho.

 

[Allsorts]

Sounds a good idea. I wonder how much juice it uses compared to a heatsink fan?

 

[nathan]

Sounds a good idea. I wonder how much juice it uses compared to a heatsink fan?

Personally i wouldnt of thought it would be much more, Sounds like its not producing anymore air, just moving it in a different way.