Introduction Thermal management plays a critical role in the performance, reliability, and longevity of wearable devices. Reliability must be considered even when components remain below their absolute maximum operating temperatures. This is due to increased diffusion rates, material fatigue, and electromigration effects which degrade electronics over time. Additional failure … [Read more...]
Direct Liquid Cooling for High-Compute Servers
In today's technological landscape, the demand for high performance computing continues to soar, driven by advances in artificial intelligence, data analytics, and complex simulations. As processors become more powerful, there has been a rise in the power draw of the servers. To increase the compute capability of the data centers, there is a constant push to increase the rack … [Read more...]
Summary of SEMI-THERM 41 Conference
By Navid Kazem, Lieven Vervecken, and Claire Wemp The SEMI-THERM 41 Symposium was held March 10-13, 2025 at the Double Tree Hotel in San Jose, CA. Program organization was led by General Chair Lieven Vervecken (Diabatix), Program Chair Dr. Navid Kazem (Arieca), and Program Vice Chair Dr. Claire Wemp (DuPont). It featured a variety of activities including technical short … [Read more...]
A New Method to Measure Thermal Conductivity
Conventional steady-state thermometry techniques require hours to reach a steady-state temperature rise — but a new method using laser heating takes only seconds. At Thermal Live Spring 2025, presenters from Laser Thermal demonstrated a Thermo-Optical Plane Source (TOPS) technique that offers unmatched speed and flexibility. Designed for high-throughput testing across a wide … [Read more...]
Measuring the Thermal Conductivity of Anisotropic Heat Spreading Materials
By: Aaditya A. Candadai, Aalok Gaitonde, Shanmukhi Sripada, Justin A. Weibel, Amy M. Marconnet Introduction New high thermal conductivity materials have been developed to enable enhanced heat transport within electronics packages and other thermal management applications. Many of these engineered materials have anisotropic thermal properties inherent to their fabrication, … [Read more...]
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