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On-CPU Peltiers From AMD?

Posted by timothy on from the speculatoryism dept.

Hack Jandy writes "Remember those people who lived on the edge and put peltiers between their CPU and heatsink (or your favorite beverage)? A peltier is a devices that gets cold on one side and warm on the other when an electrical current passes through it. It looks like there is talk that AMD will actually incorporate some of these devices on the CPU according to Xbitlabs. AMD already incorporates some degree of the peltier effect with it's Silicon on Insulator."

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  1. pelltier? by micronix1 · · Score: 3, Funny

    dont put it on the wrong way.

  2. Re:Heat by slavik1337 · · Score: 2, Funny

    *cough* preshott *cough* Finally AMD doesn't have the "hottest" CPU on the market :D Then again, give it until next cores are released ...

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  3. that's funny by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    hot on one side, cold on the other. sounds like my bed.

  4. Re:Peltiers? by fireboy1919 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Well, the Peltier does accomplish one thing: it covers that unsightly CPU. I made my Macrame peltier (actually, I prefer the term "CPU Cozy") using simple macaroni, construction paper, but decorated with markers and some stickers from the craft shop.

    The inside of my case looks much better now. Except that it keeps catching on fire when I play games.

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  5. old technology by LiquidMind · · Score: 3, Funny

    "A peltier is a devices that gets cold on one side and warm on the other..."

    come up with your own shit. my g/f patented this 'technology' years ago

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  6. Re:Grammar is never off-topic by pjt33 · · Score: 1, Funny
    Since this is Slashdot and a globally accessible site, it's hard to tell if the poster's native tongue is English. There is no excuse for people who have spoken English all their lives, however.
    Surely /. has editors in part to tidy up the stories they post? Or does it need to move to an editor/sub-editor model, where the editor decides which stories to post and the sub-editor fixes the grammar and spelling?
  7. FREE LEONARD PELTIER! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    He has spent more than twenty-seven years in prison for a crime he did not commit.

    He colluded with alternating N- and P-type semiconductors to rob systems of thermal energy that wasn't his to begin with!
    Now he's cooling his heels in prison.

  8. Re:wait till... by Wtcher · · Score: 2, Funny

    Wait until they integrate peltiers into their drink cans. That would be kind of neat -- self-cooling drinks!

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  9. The OTHER use for peltiers... by nitrocloud · · Score: 1, Funny

    God save me from a hot beer.
    I read about peltiers in Popular Science, just want to spread the joy.

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  10. Sure on one thing... by Effofx · · Score: 2, Funny



    I can't speak for AMD, but I'm positive Intel uses Minx pelts.

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  11. Re:Stop confusing it's and its by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    imho ur rite we need no gramer or spelin as long as comunicashun ocurs cuz langwage iz made for comunicatin not pretty an smooth tho some like smooth and stuf but thats mostly for alcohol people also talk bout boilin frogs and i say who needs boilin frogs things will never get this bad

    Treasure your grammar or we'll all be left with the above.

  12. I don't care what they do, as long as... by Quickfry · · Score: 2, Funny

    As long as someone rids the world of thermal paste, I will be happy. There has never been a more annoying substance that that crap.