Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Chilled oil bath may cool hot processors

Submerging computer chips in oil could make them more energy efficient, according to a UK company that hopes to start selling such systems within a year.

The microprocessors inside servers and desktop computers are normally cooled using fans that blow air across the components. But UK a company called Very-PC hopes to see a much more radical, oil-based alternative, take off instead.

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