[questio verum]

Phase change cooling for pc's may soon no longer be the domain of the alpha geek or the rich technophile. If these researchers are allowed to see their work through to OEM adoption stage, we could all be enjoying the benefits of phase change. Pretty cool stuff.

Linkage here.

Lookout Asetek & Prometeia... they're gunnin' for ya!

qv

[Geeth]

+ wish list

[Mel Thompson]

I'm starting to see some cooling systems on computers where the technology has advanced to where they need fewer and smaller fans. Of course that means the size of the whole computer can come down. Well, I'm broke, so my Linux machine is a very, very bulky old PC. But I'm fantasizing one day having a fanless PC that's very small. I saw one the other day that was almost there, and only a few hundred bucks. I'd like a PC as small as a Mac Mini, that I could, in fact, stack on it, and have them basically share all the peripherals. But, ah well, stuck waiting.

[Oxygen]

Aren't Sun or someone like that working on making a PC based on fibre optics and light rather than electricity? That may refude all need for cooling.

[questio verum]

Originally Posted by Oxygen

Aren't Sun or someone like that working on making a PC based on fibre optics and light rather than electricity? That may refude all need for cooling.

Intel, and most every major player has r&d devoted to light-based computing, but it's a long way from being a reality. Like holographic storage... an intriguing concept, but still banging up against the threshold of design and technology.

[Mel Thompson]

The sad thing too about these technologies is that when they finally make it out, I can't afford it till the first one gets three, four or five years old. I basically have to wait till technologies get old enough to go for maybe two hundred bucks on E-Bay. On the upside, I'm usually very ready for stuff by the time I can get it into my house.