Intel Develops Micro-Refrigerator To Cool Chips

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday January 26, 2009 @07:17AM from the cool-devices dept.

Spacedonkey writes "Researchers at Intel, RTI International of North Carolina, and Arizona State University have made ultra-thin 'micro-refrigerators' for computer chips. The device uses a thermoelectric cooler made from nanostructured thin-film superlattice that can reduce the temperature by 55C when a current passes through it. In testing, it reduced the temperature on part of a chip by 15C without impairing its performance. The researchers say the component could be particularly useful for cooling hot spots that frequently occur on multi-core chips."

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Re:It does not just move the heat by The+End+Of+Days · 2009-01-26 14:34 · Score: 0, Troll

Too bad Intel didn't hire smart old you to tell them that before they wasted their time and money developing this. You'd think they'd know enough to run new ideas by the Slashdot panel of experts to see what the derision index from the peanut gallery is first.