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New Tiny Refrigerated PC Cooling Technology For Laptops and Desktops

Posted July 01, 2008 8:59 AM

From The UberReview:

Researchers at Purdue University are working on a system that should be able to cool both laptops and desktops. Their system will make use of refrigerants and tiny compressors and should be able to substantially reduce processor heat. While refrigerated cooling systems have been used by hardcore overclockers for some time, the systems have traditionally been bulky and required a great deal of power to run.

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Re: New Tiny Refrigerated PC Cooling Technology For Laptops and Desktops

07/02/2008 3:25 AM

That Computer-generated heat, plus the heat generated by that compressor, is still going to have to be rejected somewhere, and it must, of course, be in the immediate vicinity.

The replacement of the electromechanical Hard Drive, with a solid-state storage system, will save resources and generate less heat and waste.

New generations of chip manufacture, possibly with silver circuitry instead of the present aluminium or copper, would enable thinner tracks, a higher density of semiconductor junctions, resulting in much faster CPU's and less heat once more.

Looking forward, with interest, at the future developments.

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