Microfluidic Cooling

Microfluidics: DARPA Is Betting Embedded Water Droplets Could Cool Next-gen Chips

April 7, 2016

It’s general knowledge that heat is a significant problem with modern microprocessors. Intel and AMD have collectively held the line at 140W maximum TDP (thermal design power) for the past [more...]

Microfluidics, Could Soon Cool Your Clothes

December 2, 2015

THE idea came to Ralph Liedert while he was sweltering in the Californian sunshine, having been standing with his daughter for over an hour in a queue for a ride [more...]

Liquid Cooling Moves Onto The Chip for Denser Electronics

October 5, 2015

Liquid cooling ports: Liquid ports carry cooling water to specially designed passages etched into the backs of FPGA devices to provide more effective cooling. The liquid cooling provides a significant [more...]

IBM Researchers Try to Build Thermal Management Into Microfluidic Chip Designs

April 19, 2015

Microelectronics experts at IBM Corp. are taking the next step in a U.S. military research program to design convective or evaporative microfluidic cooling directly into microchip designs and packaging. Officials [more...]