On-Chip Silicon 'Microcoolers' for Microprocessor Hot Spots

Vikingod · Aug 26, 2007, 02:27 PM

Source: Physorg
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As semiconductor-based technology has rapidly developed, producing ever smaller and faster silicon-chip computer processors, effectively cooling these chips has remained a problem. Now, researchers have developed a way to cool hot spots using tiny on-chip silicon “microcoolers.”

Aug 26, 2007, 02:27 PM	#1
Vikingod Int'l Fish Liaison Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: By the light of lamp I sit and type... Posts: 16,197 Rep Power: 112 System Specs	On-Chip Silicon 'Microcoolers' for Microprocessor Hot Spots Source: Physorg _____________ As semiconductor-based technology has rapidly developed, producing ever smaller and faster silicon-chip computer processors, effectively cooling these chips has remained a problem. Now, researchers have developed a way to cool hot spots using tiny on-chip silicon “microcoolers.”