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heat dissipation
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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.
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...
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From: Daily Tech.com July 27, 2010
Forget traditional metal block coolers a nanowick could remove 10 times the heat of current chip designs
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The new cooler design uses copper-coated carbon nanotubes.
(Source: Wikimedia Commons)
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