New 3D CPU Water Cooling Method

captain igor writes "According to this story on Wired News, a new company launched by researchers from Stanford has come up with a way to layer a silicon network of tiny tubes on top of a microprocessor. The system then uses a solid-state motor (no moving parts!) to pipe cold water through the silicon network. According to the article, this system can handle 1000 watts (yes, a kilowatt) per square centimeter."

Comments

Why a Pump?

[HaeMaker]

Couldn't the tubes be designed to use the heat to move the water?

future cooling

[LousyPhreak]

is it just me or is anyone else concerned about the increasing heat generated by current processors?

now that water cooling seems to be getting standard for cooling our great new opteron/p4 with about 100W power dissipation how long will it be that we need to cool our pc with liquid nitrogen just to be starting windows?

but on the other hand its kinda cool to know that your next gen processor could make you a cup of coffee in an instant

lp