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Tiny Bubbles Key to Cooling Crazy Hot CPUs

Smaz writes "With future CPUs expected to generate as much as four times the heat of today's processors, wicking away that heat remains one of the biggest engineering hurdles in the biz. Researchers at Purdue have developed a pumpless liquid-cooling system that removes nearly six times more heat than existing systems. The trick, it seems, is in the tiny bubbles. From the Science Blog."

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  1. First Post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Wow this is my 13th, what a fluke. I'm lucky :D

  2. tiny bubbles, in my comp by slicer622 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    tiny bubbles, make me romp fp

  3. Too much time in the tub by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ...and those bubbles ain't tiny!

    Phew!

    Open the window. Sure, sure, I'll agree to anything! Yeah, it's running cooler, sure! Now open the damned window!!!!

  4. test by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    test

  5. Imposible to read by brejc8 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    There is just no way I can read this article with that stupid flash advert wizzing around. My brain collapsed within seconds.

  6. Hello, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Does anyone know of a pill or something that can make me ejaculate constantly (as in, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week)? I really like that feeling, and it seems a shame to NOT be ejaculating at any given time.

  7. Cool! by Stargoat · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Cool!

    --
    Hoist Number One and Number Six.
  8. Why wait, you can have it now.... by i_want_you_to_throw_ · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Tiny Bubbles.

    Buy now with the Story of Ping

  9. Re:yeah by stanmann · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Tiny bubbles,
    in my wine,
    makes me happy,
    makes me feel fine.

    Tiny bubbles,
    in my beer,
    makes me happy,
    all the year,

    Tiny bubbles,
    in my keg,
    makes me wonder why,
    I can't feel my legs,

    Tiny bubbles,
    in my whiskey,
    makes me drunker,
    makes me feel frisky,

    Tiny Bubbles,
    in my rum,
    makes me stumble,
    makes me feel dumb,

    Tiny bubbles,
    in my brandy,
    makes me smile,
    makes me feel dandy.

    --
    Food not Bombs is a nice platitude but it breaks down when you notice that the Bombees are usually well fed
  10. Purdue question by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Is that guy with the goofy hair & bad comb-over still the basketball coach?

  11. Re:yeah by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Tiny bubbles
    in my Jack Daniels,
    make me horny,
    make me fuck cocker spaniels

    oops

  12. Re:Answer me that question..... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Here you go. And consider subscribing to redclouds. It's not all that bad.

  13. Thats a Rip Off by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    the tiny bubble idea was also the trick to the Mirage Bar.

  14. Re:note who funded the research by mike3411 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    This is my biggest problem with war/military/etc. I think FDR is a better orator than myself, so I'll just quote him:
    "Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. This is not a way of life at all in any true sense. Under the clouds of war, it is humanity hanging on a cross of iron."

    in other words, the resources and manpower can be going to far worthier causes.

    and make sure to log in next time, then I can add you to my friends list, check out your posts, and mod them up to advance my personal political views in a public forum. ;)

    --
    Mod me down, and I will become more powerful than you can possibly imagine!
  15. FP by Lord+Sauron · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This is not the first post, but I bet you that it'll be modded down.

  16. Re:note who funded the research by mike3411 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Well obviously we need a military capable of defending our nation - if they can't do that, there isn't really much of a point. But the amount of resources currently devoted to the military is repugnantly excessive, and is evidenced by our worldwide military influence and activities. Our current military is like a kid with a constant string of new toys - they have this new shiny thing so they want to go out and play with it.

    Your implication that wellfare is the only other area for spending money (or even the area that I'm advocating) is absurd - there are many, many places where money (and the many intelligent and dedicated people that comprise our military) could be spent. Take a look at the decision to build the national highway system - this act has been given a great deal of the credit for our current economic prowess, and has likely paid itself back many times over and in many ways. The government should focus more on things like this; I'm sure the legions of engineers, scientists, and others employed in finding new ways to kill people could come up with some very potent ways to improve the lives of people in this country.

    --
    Mod me down, and I will become more powerful than you can possibly imagine!
  17. Dammit by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    When my PC takes that long to d/l a picture I want it to contain NUDITY! Please, no goatse.cx pics.

  18. I hate these advertizing blogs by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    /etc/hosts:

    127.0.0.1 media.fastclick.net

  19. Re:Cavitation? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    your .sig is wrong and stupid. you yankees have bombed 40 countries since the end of WWII. You spend 8 times more on Arms than you do Education ($400Billion in 2004)... all of Nato spends a TOTAL (excluding you warmongers) of $160, and Russia comes in as second biggest spenders at $60B.

    YOU NOT ONLY HAVNT GIVEN PEACE A CHANCE, but are the #1 author of International Conflict!

    Keep your army home and STOP arming crazy people!

  20. Re:note who funded the research by SubtleNuance · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    US Military Budget (2004) - $400 Billion
    US Education Budget (2004) - $52 Billion

    NATO (canada+germany+france+britain+,+,+ (excluding (obviously) the US) Military Budget (2004) -
    $160Billion
    2nd Largest independant Military Budget ON THE PLANET is Russia, at $60Billion in 2004.

    Just a note, this is not at all relevant in the context of terrorism.. terrorists are criminals who your military will do nothing against.. ever.

    Further, "--- and then the next psychotic petty dictator to come along would come and kick our butt because we wouldn't have any military with which to deter him. :)" just so you know, Iraq had NOTHING to do with WTC bombing. You are obviously amoungst the 40% of Americans who believe that he did... and who are absolutely ignorant, clueless victims of Propaganda.