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Old 06-06-2008, 05:58 PM
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BBC NEWS | Technology | IBM aims to cool chips with water

I find stuff like this fascinating but I sometimes do wonder how they do it - it hurts my head a little bit sometimes!!
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Yes I find it fascinating too. They have had water cooling that attaches to chips for some time but this is the next step forward.
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I also dont like the idea of water near something electrical
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Yes that is a bit scary, let's hope they know what they are doing!
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Old 06-06-2008, 06:23 PM
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Perhaps I will have to attend a plumber's course next!
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won't be sorry to see the back of heat sink compound.
Damned messy stuff.
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