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IBM developing tiny cooling pipes for chips

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posted on Jun, 5 2008 @ 01:11 PM
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IBM developing tiny cooling pipes for chips


www.msnbc.msn.com

In fact, in a future microprocessor design IBM is exploring — in which chips are stacked vertically to save space and enhance performance, rather than arrayed next to each other — the heat-to-volume ratio exceeds that of a nuclear reactor.

To address that, IBM researchers say they could pipe water in between chips that are sandwiched together. The system, which IBM planned to explain Thursday at a technical conference, uses pipes that are just 50 microns wide — 50 millionths of a meter.
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posted on Jun, 5 2008 @ 01:11 PM
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Hearing about things like this is really cool to all of us who use computers. The tiny pipes are one neat thing for the cooling, then stacking the chips is something that has not been done so far as I know. that just makes me wonder. If the chips are stacked fore efishency and space, what will the next generation note book computer look like?

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posted on Jun, 5 2008 @ 01:25 PM
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Good job IBM! I applaud you for your efforts to create a better chip, that will not overheat, when placed inside of humans....I mean, computers!

I can't take this story at face value when it involves a company who assisted in the branding of Jews in Nazi Germany.



posted on Jun, 5 2008 @ 01:29 PM
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Until an interface capable of replacing the keyboard is developed, I don't really see the current laptop footprint changing much. A keyboard can only shrink so much before it becomes difficult to type on.

Someday, voice technology will inevitably replace our keyboards. Beyond that, I have no doubt that we will eventually interface the PC with our minds and not our fingers or voices.



posted on Jun, 5 2008 @ 01:34 PM
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Not to worry Novus, Intel is not far behind IBM with this design...




 
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