cooling

Tiny refrigerator taking shape to cool future computers

harminka — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 08:28:59 -0500

Researchers at Purdue University are developing a miniature refrigeration system small enough to fit inside laptops and personal computers, a cooling technology that would boost performance while shrinking the size of computers.

IBM Cools 3-D Chips with H2O

harminka — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 11:45:19 -0500

In IBM’s labs, tiny rivers of water are cooling computer chips that have circuits and components stacked on top of each other, a design that promises to advance Moore’s Law in the next decade and significantly reduce energy consumed by data centers.

Faster and more sensitive electronics thanks to compact cooling

harminka — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:45:40 -0500

Electronics work better under cold conditions (-150oC): with less thermal noise, detectors are more sensitive and low-noise amplifiers reduce noise further. Furthermore, the speed and reliability are increased.

Tiny torrents

harminka — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 08:12:08 -0500

Silent, microchip-sized "fan" has no moving parts, yet produces enough wind to cool a laptop

New twist on laser cooling

harminka — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 12:37:34 -0500

Visible and ultraviolet laser light has been used for years to cool trapped atoms—and more recently larger objects—by reducing the extent of their thermal motion.