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."

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Oh Great....

[GeneralEmergency]

Now my PDA can wee-wee in my pocket.

Next step: in the processor

[hcetSJ]

I wonder how long until we have nanotubes running all through the processor. There's a professor at my school doing research on 3-D photolithography, which would allow much more complex structures to be built out of crystalline silicon. This sounds like a good application.