Author Archive for Madhusudan Iyengar

Energy Consumption of Information Technology Data Centers

December 6th, 2010

Madhusudan Iyengar and Roger Schmidt IBM, Poughkeepsie, New York Many of our day-to-day activities, including Internet searches, handheld electronics usage, automated cash withdrawal, and online hotel and airline reservations, require the use of remote databases…read more

Thermal Optimization And Design For Manufacturability Of Liquid-Air Hybrid Cooling Systems

August 1st, 2008

Introduction Existing technologies typically utilize air to carry the heat away from a heat sink that is thermally coupled to the microprocessor. Higher performance devices such as workstations, “gaming” PCs, or tower servers that utilize…read more

Design For Manufacturability Of Forced Convection Air Cooled Fully Ducted Heat Sinks

August 1st, 2007

Introduction The requisite thermal management for a microprocessor is most often achieved via an aluminum heat sink (fin structure) and a small fan. The effort discussed herein deals with the development of a ‘design for…read more