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Engineers develop cooling device for computer IC

Posted: 02 May 2006  Print Version  Bookmark and Share Subscribe

Keywords: John Walko 

[Summary of tips] Engineers at Purdue University have developed a MEMS-based micro-pump cooling device small enough to fit on a computer chip that circulates coolant through channels etched into the chip.The device has been integrated on to a silicon chip that is about 1cm2. The prototype contains numerous water-filled micro-channels, grooves ab......
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