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Dell H2C Technology: Hybrid Cooling for Overclocked CPUs
White Papers H2Ceramic (H2C) cooling is designed for PC enthusiasts and high-end gamers who overclock their CPUs to get top performance. These systems need extra cooling to help avoid failures caused by overheating.
[March 1, 2007, 0:00]
Comdex Fall: Cooling tech revs up AMD chip
News US firm KryoTech has taken an AMD 266MHz K6 and used its chip cooling technology to freeze the chip down to minus 40 degrees, thereby enabling it to run at the faster than rated frequency, as heat renders processors unstable.
[November 19, 1997, 9:59]
US Report: Cool technology fuels Alpha
News In June, Digital plans to release 600MHz 21164 Alpha workstations that, through cooling technology from a small company called KryoTech in the US, actually run at 767MHz. Locklin also said the AlphaServer division is evaluating the cooling...
[April 8, 1998, 13:15]
Data centres face cooling crisis
News A data centre crisis is brewing as energy supply and cooling technology struggle to keep pace with businesses' insatiable demand for computing power. The analyst predicts spending on power and cooling technology will exceed server spending this year.
[April 13, 2007, 10:02]
Tiny pipes deliver the big chill
News A researcher at Sandia National Laboratories says he has created technology to disperse the heat generated within laptop computers more efficiently than today's cooling systems. This development could lead to smaller and more efficient notebook...
[January 23, 2003, 9:26]
HP chills out datacentres
News The service, which uses a complex modelling technology from HP Labs, can cut the energy spent cooling datacentres by as much as 25 percent, according to HP. The laboratory is likely to use the dynamic cooling technology, Donabedian said.
[March 5, 2003, 12:26]
IBM uses liquid metal to boost solar-cell efficiency
News Computing giant IBM is in the process of developing technology that generates solar power more efficiently, aided by a liquid-metal cooling process. Between the cell and a cooling block is a thin layer of liquid metal that conducts heat away from...
[May 16, 2008, 13:20]
Design Methods for Attaining IBM System z9 Processor Cycle-Time Goals
White Papers In particular, although the processor-subsystem cycle-time improvement was driven primarily by the technology migration from CMOS 9S (130-nm lithography) for the prior IBM System z990 to CMOS 10S0 (90-nm lithography) for the new system, the...
[May 26, 2007, 1:00]
AMD, Toshiba to make notebooks cool
News Meanwhile, Toshiba's new technology, called "Super Cooling," works toward the same goal of increasing performance. The Super Cooling technology, he said, will work with both Intel and AMD mobile processors.
[April 19, 2000, 8:20]
nVidia GeForce FX 5800 Ultra: a first look review
Reviews Note the serious amount of cooling technology that's required for the top-end FX 5800 Ultra chip. Fortunately, these extra precautions are really critical for only the high-end GeForce FX 5800 Ultra card.nVidia has also announced a couple of...
[January 29, 2003, 8:32]
HP helps data centres play it cool
News He called the technology the "dynamic smart-cooling controller". Key to the technology is preventing hot spots that cause server failure; data centre operators aren't willing to accept higher risk with a more flexible cooling system.
[May 4, 2006, 10:25]
Photos: Taking the lid off Project Blackbox review
Reviews The data centre utilises shock absorption and cooling capacity technology, and offers computing power that Sun says can be adapted to situations and conditions worldwide. Inside, the unit enables a computing density of up to 1,250W per square foot...
[May 21, 2007, 10:05]
Steam age tech takes heat off chips
News Now Californian company Cooligy is applying a similar idea to cooling high performance chips, and a quadrupling in heat-shifting performance is promised. Cooligy has announced its Active Micro-Channel Cooling System, aimed squarely at the next...
[October 8, 2003, 16:25]
Photos: Dell showcases new enterprise products
News Here is the H2C cooling unit for high-performance machines, especially the kind popular among gamers. The dual-cooling system, which uses a mixture of liquids, is very similar to what is found in a refrigeration unit, said Kettler.
[May 18, 2007, 11:36]
NEC to launch water-cooled notebooks
News It is expected that it will be positioned as a core technology for spreading water-cooling systems in IT equipment," it said. In January this year, a researcher at Sandia National Laboratories said he had created technology to disperse the heat...
[July 1, 2003, 7:49]
Compaq shows off desktop running 1GHz Athlon
News Director of consumer desktop product marketing at Compaq Mark Vena is clearly not immune to the mysterious allure of an unnaturally enhanced CPU: "The rich combination of Compaq Presario desktop technology using an AMD Athlon processor and...
[January 13, 2000, 14:50]
ADC datacentre exploits outdoor air for cooling
News ADC has structured its billing so that customers pay a percentage of the cooling costs, which gives customers an incentive to use energy-efficient technology like virtualisation. Advanced Data Centers believes the answer to cooling datacentres is...
[August 5, 2008, 11:22]
'Overclockers' turn PCs into hot rods
News A hotbed of cooling technology Sometimes, the cooling unit breaks down, and the chip actually melts, "China Syndrome"-style. Simple water-cooling systems are common: Tubes connect a chamber right next to the microprocessor to a cooling apparatus.
[April 11, 2000, 9:00]
Comdex 2001: Skinny desktop models show off
News Because of their trim size, the new PCs use special cooling technology and fans. Both PC makers have gone to great pains to reduce the noise produced by cooling fans. One of the drawbacks to selling ultra-slim desktops can be the removal of so...
[November 13, 2001, 15:37]
Analysis: Is XtremMac too cool to be true?
News Wallberg said Xtrem will not manufacture its own motherboards but will buy Power Macintosh G4s and convert them to supercooled XtremMacs, using technology he referred to as the "Active Cooling Platform".
[August 10, 2000, 9:29]
