(April 29, 2016) The new Nextfit Robin, an Android-based smartphone, experienced a major cooling malfunction after a recent software update which resulted in the phones overheating. The device normally heats up a bit when performing everyday tasks, and the update was supposed to improve its cooling process, but when users downloaded it and restarted their devices, they “failed … [Read more...]
New Power Electronics Will Allow Army Vehicles’ Electronics to Operate at High Temperatures
The US Army has awarded GE Aviation with a contract to develop silicon carbide-based power electronics that will allow high-voltage, next-generation ground vehicles to operate at higher temperatures. "The US Army's implementation of [this technology for] more electric ground vehicles, facilitates significant improvements in size, weight and power for high temperature … [Read more...]
Overcoming Cooling Challenges Downloadable Webinar Now Available
The recent Electronics Cooling with Autodesk CFD Webinar on how to ensure proper cooling as the electronics used in products change and improve is now available for download. Exploring ‘invisible elements’ like airflow and heat transfer, speaker Jim Byrne talks through how to maximize product performance by overcoming common electronics challenges like reduction in product … [Read more...]
Registration for Thermal Conference Opens
ITherm 2016 has now opened registration for the conference running from May 31 to June 3, 2016 at the Cosmopolitan Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. ITherm 2016 is the leading international conference for scientific and engineering exploration of thermal, thermo-mechanical and emerging technology issues associated with electronic devices, packages, and systems. According to the … [Read more...]
NSA Finally Has a Plan for Their Superconducting Supercomputer
The U.S. government has its eyes on “cryogenically cooled circuitry for tomorrow's exascale computers,” reported Spectrum.IEEE.org, a dream over 50 years old. An electrical engineer of the NSA, Dudley Buck, “reported on his own work” in the 1950’s about a “novel superconducting switch he named the cryotron,” according to Spectrum IEEE, and said that “the device works by … [Read more...]
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