hmmm, why not built-in peltiers?

[OuTpaTienT]

Was just thinking, why wouldn't it be feesible for the CPU manufacturers to work on a design that would incorporate a peltier cooling unit built into the chip? This would provide optimal cooling right at the core of the CPU.

I realize that peltiers draw a lot of power and today's motherboards couldn't handle a CPU sucking that much juice...but if the CPU were made (or even just in design) then the motherboard technology would adapt.

thoughts?...

[skywalker[TSG]]

hmm i think that idea is kinda wierd

but hmm lets say a heatsink with built in peltier
that would be something
i mean there would be no danger in using it
if it was a thing that was in massproduction

[seti]

I agree a heatsink intergrated peltier is a better idea....just because non-overclocked cpu's don't need them. Speeds are increasing fast enough with conventional cooling that there isn't a market demand for cpu's with speeds that have greater cooling requirements than the current manufacturing proccess requires. *gasp for air* http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

[Wiz]

There are heatsinks with built in peltiers, check out swifttech's line of them(thanx Jason!). I'm gonna be getting mine in the next week.

[KillerBug]

If you incorperated a TEC into the core, it would just make the normal heatsinks overheat and the chip would start on fire!

[oblivion]

Because a peltier would not be a reliable CPU cooling solution for the masses.
There would be all kinds of problems,it would not be efficient,peltiers do break down,it would drive the cost of chips way up.


It would not be a good method of development to produce chips that needed supercooling just to run at thier rated speed,you would almost definitly need another power supply,if it failed,of even if the heatsink fan failed you would most certainly have toasted silicon.

IMO that would be quite ridiculous,in fat it would be insane,and quite plagued with problems,and the fact is that the avererage computer user doesn't need more then 300Mhz to run what it needs.

That is what kryotech is for.

Peltiers=a big pain in the ***,and are certainly not a viable cooling solution by any means,especially for the business world.

[oblivion]

Oh yea,did I forget to mention condensation?

[Prospero]

They talked about this with a new type of peltiers announced recently. The current peltiers can only hit a 60 degree temp delta. The new ones were claiming a 200 degree temp delta. These had not actualy been built outside of a lab, so who knows.
Wiz, your welcome.

[smokin1]

Another thought....why on earth would a CPU manufacturer help you run their chip at a faster than rated speed by incorporating a peltier?.....the chip design as rolled out works just fine for the manufacturer...