Liquid cooled CPU's anyone?

[MUff1N]

Yea, this is a cool idea & when they get it working well it will make a big diff in OC cooling systems & how far you can clock your system,
especially if they can integrate these little refridgerator coils directly into a CPU chip! (the micro cooling system measures about 1 square inch)
With liquid cooling channels built into a processor even air coolers will work a lot better with more efficient heat transfer.

Cooling breakthrough for computers, car electronics

Researchers at Purdue University have had a breakthrough that may completely change how engineers design cooling systems in everything from computers to electric and hybrid cars.

Using special computer chips from Delphi Electronics, Suresh Garimella, the R. Eugene and Susie E. Goodson Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University, and doctoral student Tannaz Harirchia, have developed and tested new mathematical formulas concerning the properties of boiling liquids in "microchannels."

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[Daniel ~]

Very interesting!

[Áedán]

How long before we see this commercially do you think?

[MUff1N]

Originally Posted by Áedán

How long before we see this commercially do you think?

Your guess is as good as mine...but I do know that
Intel is involved in this tech as well, so this will be applied to a new up & coming CPU/Chipset design in the future?

Let's hope so!

[Áedán]

IBM's been involved in this tech for a long time too...

[cloasters]

Mexillent! Er, most excellent! Don't know how small we'll be able to shrink the die size of processors, but adding this to the equation has got to be great.