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Cooling Chips with Electrical Storms?

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edited March 2004 in Science & Tech
[link=http://news.com.com/2100-7337_3-5179422.html?tag=nefd_top]News.com reports...[/link]

Researchers at Purdue University said Thursday that they have come up with a way to cool computer chips by using the power of electrical storms.

- Submitted by mmonnin

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  • EyesOnlyEyesOnly Sweden New
    edited March 2004
    This better not be another fake. :(

    Edit
    Ok it seems real and quite interesting. Sorry for the doubt mmonin. :tongue:
  • dodododo Landisville, PA
    edited March 2004
    Quote: "Semiconductors, for instance, are wrapped with spark arresters. Static electricity can blow a hole through a chip, and the Purdue device is essentially creating static. "

    This has got to be a long way off, seems like blowing a hole through a chip wouldnt help the processing power much.

    ~dodo
  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited March 2004
    Heh yeah I didnt read the whole article about the ASCII card. If I would have seen the $500 pricetag I wouldnt have posted it, at least not seriously.
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