Night Hunter Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have just taken CPU cooling a step further. They're looking to make big water cooling blocks a thing of the past by moving liquid cooling directly onto the chip. Associate professor Muhannad Bakir along with graduate student Thomas Sarvey removed the heat sink and heat-spreading materials from an Altera field-programmable gate array (FPGA) chip. Then, they "etched cooling passages into the silicon, incorporating silicon cylinders approximately 100 microns in diameter to improve heat transmission into the liquid. A silicon layer was then placed over the flow passages, and ports were attached for the connection of water tubes." By feeding 20 degree Celsius water into the tubes at a rate of 147 ml per minute, the chip operated at a temperature of less than 24 degrees Celsius, while a normal air-cooled model would operate at around 60 degrees. Bakir said that the same technology could be applied to CPUs and GPUs. What this means is that we could be seeing denser and more powerful systems in the future, given how much less space this sort of liquid cooling would take up compared with current cooling solutions. “We have eliminated the heat sink atop the silicon die by moving liquid cooling just a few hundred microns away from the transistors,” said Bakir. “We believe that reliably integrating microfluidic cooling directly on the silicon will be a disruptive technology for a new generation of electronics.” Source http://www.pcgamer.com/ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St0rmSlaSh Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 Can't wait for other revolutionary things for computers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaie Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 from 60 to 24 degrees celsius, that's some very impressive stats, just waiting for the catch now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanaraud Posted October 11, 2015 Share Posted October 11, 2015 from 60 to 24 degrees celsius, that's some very impressive stats, just waiting for the catch now I imagine it would be hard to make cheap aircooled builds with it. Maybe its more reasonable to use BGA chipsets then? And attach standard tubeing on CPU with capability to mount custom pumps\radiators on it? Also the big advantage would be if Intel would stop cheaping out on TIM paste and use something more efficient than toothpaste: http://techreport.com/review/26683/overclocking-the-core-i7-4790k I believe I´ve seen some test results where random substances performed nearly as well as new thermal interface material on IHS. http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/intels-tim-is-still-worse-than-affordable-tim.202935/LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiPp3r Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 Overclocking-friendly then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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