Computer & Silicon Chip Markets

Silicon Chips (Cooling Mode)

Power and heat have become the biggest issues for chip manufacturers and companies integrating these chips in everyday devices such as cell phones and laptops, and it has already been explained in the Present Markets section of this website how thermoelectric technology currently plays a role in cooling various electronic devices.

In addition, 40% of silicon chips have thermal hotspot problems that could be resolved with a small on-board cooling mode MicroPower Chip. The MicroPower Module would cool only the hotspot requiring less total energy than other approaches. This could also enable microprocessors to operate at higher rates of speed which results in premium pricing for the microprocessor.

Computer Cooling (Cooling Mode)

The heat created in a PC or laptop must be dissipated in order to keep the various components within their safe operating temperatures. Currently, this is done using heat sinks to increase the surface area dissipating the heat, or fans, which speed up the exchange of air heated by the computer parts for cooler ambient air.

The replacement of a computer cooling fan is very desirable in the mind of this industry due to reliability and power issues with the motor. A solid-state cooler fixed to the primary heat sources would be well received. MicroPower Modules could cool only the few main sources of heat on a computer printed wiring board. This could reduce the heat transfer problems so that convection and radiant cooling would suffice thereby eliminating the fan.