About this tag
Discussions on heat dissipation in computing hardware cover topics like CPU size constraints, SSD advantages over mechanical disks, and innovative cooling technologies. One thread explores why CPUs aren't made larger, touching on heat dissipation challenges. Another highlights SSDs' lack of moving parts, reducing heat generation compared to mechanical disks. A third thread describes a nanotechnology-based pumpless water cooler using copper-coated carbon nanotubes to dissipate heat more efficiently than traditional designs. These posts reflect ongoing interest in managing heat in PCs and servers through material science and design improvements.
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VIDEO Why Don't They Make BIGGER CPUs?
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- cpu size heat dissipation manufacturing limitations moore's law
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- Forum: The Water Cooler
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Windows 7 10 Reasons Why SSDs Are Better Than Mechanical Disks
Have you ever heard the terms, head crash or stiction? Better yet, have you ever experienced either of them? These terms are just two of the unhappy occurrences associated with mechanical disks. What if disks didn't spin? What if there were a way to create rewriteable storage in such a way that...- reghakr
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- access time cost savings data centers durability energy efficiency failure rate form factors heat dissipation hotplug life expectancy mechanical disks mobile systems noise performance power consumption power loss protection shock resistance ssd storage devices write speeds
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- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Nanotechnology Delivers Revolutionary Pumpless Water Cooling
From: Daily Tech.com July 27, 2010 Forget traditional metal block coolers a nanowick could remove 10 times the heat of current chip designs Link Removed due to 404 Error The new cooler design uses copper-coated carbon nanotubes. (Source: Wikimedia Commons) Link Removed due to 404 Error It...- Nibiru2012
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- chip design cooling copper nanotubes darpa electronics engineering heat dissipation heat transfer innovation liquid cooling microchannels microfluidics nanotechnology performance purdue university research thermacore thermal management
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- Forum: General Computing