IBM Technology Keeps Future Chips Cool
"IBM Technology Keeps Future Chips Cool"
Published: 27th October 2006 | Source: N/A |
According to an online source researchers from IBM's Zurich labs have made significant progress in technologies to cool semiconductor chips. The scientists were inspired by the ways nature disperses liquids in tree leaves or even the human body.
With power densities of up to 100 watts per square centimeter, today's computer chips develop up to ten times more heat compared to a standard hotplate. Thus, cooling the silicon circuits becomes increasingly important. And, according to the IBM researchers, future chips may attain even higher power densities which could create surface temperatures of up to 6000 degrees Celsius if not cooled.
The researchers developed a chip cap with a network of tree-like branched channels on its surface. The pattern is designed such that when pressure is applied, the paste used to improve thermal contact between chip package and heat sink spreads more evenly and the pressure remains uniform across the chip, compared to today's solutions. This allows the right uniformity to be obtained at half the pressure, and a ten times better heat transport through the interface, IBM says.
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Awesome mate, looks like some good parts there. What's the A64 for?
its an upgrade for my pc b4 i sell it for £400 :yumyum: in a thermaltake tsunami with that motherboard possibly
so what does it have now if a 3000+ is an upgrade? A sempy?
Edit: Judging by ur sig I would guess so :)
Edit: Judging by ur sig I would guess so :)
atm its got a sempron 2600 on a asrock k7vt4a+ which lets face it, sucks
after upgrade the changes will be amd 64 3000+, Jetway gtdual-std-g which ill offer £25 for and a thermaltake tsunami, everything else will be used and ill sell the "discarded" parts on ebay, unless some1 wants them
after upgrade the changes will be amd 64 3000+, Jetway gtdual-std-g which ill offer £25 for and a thermaltake tsunami, everything else will be used and ill sell the "discarded" parts on ebay, unless some1 wants them
ok got the jetway for £24
now all i need is damn as5 :mad:, which site now lol
now all i need is damn as5 :mad:, which site now lol
Watercoling shop has some afaik
yea, sweet system,
looks like u will have to change ur sig, it was wrong anyway :D
looks like u will have to change ur sig, it was wrong anyway :D
Thanks dan, although u could have sed that on msn lol
also found as5 for £4 for 3.5g tube...£1 postage
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Specialtech don't have any agp 939 boards in, but Mark has offered me this 2nd hand - http://www.jetway.com.tw/jetway/system/productshow2.asp?id=34&proname=GTDual-STD-G-EC
I also need to buy arctic silver 5 seperately
I don't know whether to buy the asrock 939dual vsta agp board new and avoid the hassle of replacing the jetway for my friend (at a cost!) if it goes wrong. I am getting a 3 months warranty on the jetway anyway. Your thoughts / comments?