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Sandia unveils fanless CPU cooling technology

...A new heat sink concept from Sandia National Laboratories claims to offer tremendous promise for... Read more

13 July, 2011 by Rich Brown
Sci-fi tech that came true

Sci-fi tech that came true

...TV series.While it appeared to be nothing more than a computer heat sink jutting out of the ear of actress Nichelle Nichols, the idea... Read more

3 September, 2011 by Josh Lowensohn
HS Design Tool 1.2

HS Design Tool 1.2

The application will enable users to design a heat sink for cooling of their electronic devices. After the design, the user... Read more

7 February, 2012
HS Design Tool HD 1.2

HS Design Tool HD 1.2

The application will enable users to design a heat sink for cooling of their electronic devices. After the design, the user... Read more

28 January, 2012

Newegg drops supplier over fake Intel chips

...customer reported receiving a fake CPU and a plastic mold of the heat sink and fan with a sticker on it. Intel subsequently said it... Read more

9 March, 2010 by David Meyer
How to Lap Your CPU/Processor for a Cheap Cooling Performance Upgrade

How to Lap Your CPU/Processor for a Cheap Cooling Performance Upgrade

...Lapping" a CPU involves removing the IHS (integrated heat sink) from the processor. Due to manufacturing variations, the IHS on processors... Read more

2 December, 2008

Photos: Inside IBM's Zurich research lab

...puts a thermal paste directly on the processor and then attaches a heat sink that can dissipate some of the heat. This picture shows a... Read more

22 May, 2006 by Colin Barker

Intel investigating fake Core i7 chips

...only to receive "a fake CPU and a plastic mold of the heat sink and fan with a sticker on it". A few other HardOCP... Read more

8 March, 2010 by David Meyer
Freescale unveils 'sub-£125' tablet design

Freescale unveils 'sub-£125' tablet design

...This is achieved because the device does not need a fan or heat sink, due to its low power consumption. The company said in its... Read more

4 January, 2010 by David Meyer

Google steams ahead with 'floating datacentre'

...s patent application envisions using the ocean to act as a giant heat sink, cooling computers through seawater-freshwater heat exchangers. For the crew and... Read more

9 September, 2008 by Martin LaMonica
Photos: Dell H2C PC runs hot and cold

Photos: Dell H2C PC runs hot and cold

...computer hot, so the H2C part of the design is essentially a heat sink that Dell says will cool a system better than standard air... Read more

10 January, 2007 by ZDNet UK

Dell carves a niche in green tech

...gamers, gear coming from Dell this year includes the H2C, a novel heat sink that the company says can cool off a processor more effectively... Read more

10 January, 2007 by Michael Kanellos

Apple Mac Pro

Apple's Mac Pro has design innovations that we hope will cross over to other systems. Its performance is as strong as you'd expect for a system in its class, and it's priced right, too. You might need more flexibility in your configuration options, especially for 3D design. But otherwise, the Mac Pro is as solid a professional-class PC as we've seen. Read more

21 August, 2006 by Rich Brown

Intel's next-generation Core processor architecture

...new architecture. Intel's Core 2 Duo chip. Note the reasonably sized heat sink. Because Core 2 Duo's performance gains are not simply due... Read more

9 June, 2006 by Rich Brown

Speculation grows after Power Mac snapped

...of its high-end desktop. The photos, which appear to show a heat sink covering dual G5 processors as well as a new memory configuration... Read more

7 June, 2004 by Ina Fried

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