Bruce Guenin, PhD Editor-in-Chief, Summer 2010 Issue The dramatic trajectory of Moore’s law has produced a number of changes in key areas of technology that are critical to our industry: 1) greater packaging and system complexity; 2) increased power dissipation; and 3) enhanced software tools and computing performance. The first two we put into the challenge category. They … [Read more...]
Calculation Corner: Using Vendor Data to Estimate Thermoelectric Module Cooling Performance in An Application Environment
The application of thermoelectric devices to cool electronic components has been of interest to thermal engineers for many years. Thermoelectric (TE) cooling modules offer the potential to either reduce component operating temperatures at a given heat load, or allow higher component heat dissipation at a given temperature level. Readers who are unfamiliar with TE cooling … [Read more...]
Thermal Facts and Fairy Tales: Uncertainty is Assured
Do you know the thermal conductivity of paper? This was the start of a phone call a few years ago. The conversation continued and the reason for the question became apparent. A thermal analysis of a printed circuit board had determined that a thermal interface material was needed under some hotter components to provide a better conduction path. The circuit card was edge cooled … [Read more...]
Solid State Lighting Connector
New from Tyco Electronics is an IDC solid state lighting (SSL) connector for quick, tool-less termination of discrete wires onto LED printed circuit boards (PCBs). The product terminates 18 through 24 AWG solid and stranded wire utilizing insulation displacement technology to eliminate the labor-intensive task of pre-stripping wires and soldering. The robust design of the IDC … [Read more...]
Liquid Submersion Blade Server
Hardcore Computer, Inc., recently launched Liquid Blade™, a Total Liquid Submersion blade server. The initial Liquid Blade™ server platform, which is powered by two Intel® 5500 or 5600 series Xeon® processors running on an Intel S5500HV reference motherboard, addresses several major datacenter challenges, including power, cooling and space. Hardcore Computer’s technology … [Read more...]
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