The liquid heating and cooling system in the Chevrolet Volt battery not only enabled General Motors Co. to offer a long warranty of eight years or 100,000 miles, but it also gave engineers more room for battery cells since it’s more compact than air-cooled systems, but it also. Standard auto coolant circulates through 144 metal plates, called fins, between each of the Volt … [Read more...]
The Uses of Simplicity in Thermal Analysis
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...]
Experimental Methodologies for Thermal Design in Silicon Validation Platforms
Rahima K. Mohammed, Yi Xia, Ying-Feng Pang, Ridvan A. Sahan Intel® Corporation Introduction Silicon validation platforms are purpose-built to validate processors, chipsets, and ASICs to ensure world-class quality and reliable products. These platforms are a crucial step in the process of releasing the silicon to market. However, due to growing complexities, it is becoming … [Read more...]
Influence of Motor Supports on Cooling Performance of Small Scale Fans
Ed J. Walsh, Jason Stafford & Vanessa Egan Stokes Research Institute, Dept. of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, University of Limerick INTRODUCTION Today’s marketplace consists of many portable computing devices such as personal digital assistants and smart phones. Currently over one billion handset type units are shipped every year. The functionality and power … [Read more...]
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Mitsubishi Adds LED-Based Cube to Display Wall Line-up Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America’s Presentation Products Division has expanded its SeventySeries display wall line with the SeventySeries: LED, an LED-based, rear-projection display wall cube designed specifically for control and command rooms for government, traffic and utility facilities, and network operations … [Read more...]
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