With hopes of reducing the thermal dissipation difficulties predicted for the 65 nm node, AMD has patented a method of embedding a TEC (ThermoElectric Cooler, also known as a peltier) into the chip package. http://www.geek.com/news/geeknews/2004Oct/bch20041022027541.htm
For a patent: http://tinyurl.com/jlmyz And a lot more http://tinyurl.com/j58e3 BobLQ On Thursday 22 June 2006 11:43 pm, Randall Shimizu wrote: > I like the idea of Peltier devices. I am suprised that > they have not been used for other commercial > applications. I recall that some students created air > conditioning system with a Peltier device. Seems much > more simple than using freon to cool a system. > > --- Carl Lowenstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 6/22/06, Tracy R Reed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > wrote: > > > Stewart Stremler wrote: > > > > begin quoting Andrew Lentvorski as of Tue, Jun > > > > 20, 2006 at 10:12:02PM -0700: > > > >> *ALL* of that heat has to be dissipated > > > > somehow. > > > > > > Yes. But if it's getting dumped into a heatsink > > > > eight inches (or eight > > > > > > feet) from the actual chip, it's somebody else's > > > > problem. > > > > > And if you can dump it 8 feet away you can make it > > > > dump it outside your > > > > > home by hanging the radiator or heat pipe or > > > > whatever out the window and > > > > > avoid heating up your room. > > > > The hidden point is that contrary to popular > > illusion, Peltier > > Junction devices do not transmit the heat from one > > place to another by > > electricity. They get colder on one side and hotter > > on the other > > side, and you the mechanical engineer have to > > transmit this energy > > away from the hot side. All the heat energy that > > goes into the cold > > side, plus the added energy necessary to transfer it > > to the hot side. > > (electric power is supplied to the Peltier Junction > > to make it do its > > thing) > > > > carl > > -- > > carl lowenstein marine physical lab > > u.c. san diego > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > -- > > [email protected] > > http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
