150+ Watts?

[Asus]

This is actually starting to get out of hand. More watts, more heat and bigger heatsinks. I would be scared if that was my next PC.
150+ Watts
200 Watt dual core heatsink

Just so you know, AMD and Intel rate their power consumption for their chips differently. Intel states it for that chip while AMD states it for the entire socket.

AMD's Socket 940 has a Watt rating in the 95 which their Dual Core 90nm chip will be Socket 940.
TDP

 

[blackeye]

Heat Sucks.

I heard somewher that a university was developing fans for cpu's that are so small that the human eye can hardly see them. There are hundreds of them on a single cpu and I is supposed to keep it very cool.

 

[The_Nexus]

Heat Sucks.

I heard somewher that a university was developing fans for cpu's that are so small that the human eye can hardly see them. There are hundreds of them on a single cpu and I is supposed to keep it very cool.

or hundreds of more fans to break?

 

[Hazar]

Heat Sucks.

I heard somewher that a university was developing fans for cpu's that are so small that the human eye can hardly see them. There are hundreds of them on a single cpu and I is supposed to keep it very cool.

nanofans?

that'll be something new. however, by the time we get thoes hopefully we'll have quantum computers.

 

[nofx]

I dont think the idea is that farfetched saying that the nanofan type heatsink will come out when quantum computers are out. I think if todays technology was used effectively IE like a robot was to build this mechanism of small fans it may be possible. just my bias

 

[blackeye]

I think it would cost way to much to pruduce at the moment or even in the next 5 years. They are so small. When I read about it it sounded like a very complicated process also.
I wonder though if the fans are attached directly to the heatspreder if it will be possible to remove them and put on a heatsink of your own. Maybee though someone smart will be able to produce metals that have better conductivity then copper in the lab for low costs.

With so much more heat inside computers I wouldnt be suprised If more people start choosing to watercool their next rig even though they probably wont be overclocking. I would guess somtime around 2006. But what a pain that would cause for some consumers. And I dont know how dell plans on keeping there systems cool because they have a policy against the amount of noise their computers can emit. So more fans isnt an option I have an athlon 3500 right now and I was told the heatsink is decent but I might get a silent boost or a venus 12. (I havent installed it yet because Im still waiting for 2 things. Its been 4 months) The athlon 64's run much cooler the xp's though.

 

[blahblahblah]

Even for AMD, this is getting a bit ridiculous. Say what you want, but the amount of heat that must be dispated by a processor is getting on the large side. The same goes for video cards.

I'm willing to say that the thing that may stop chip development in the future is not Moore's Law or chip development, but the amount of heat that must be disappated.

 

[mayro]

Their is tech now that would allow them to cool these quite feesably. Their is no money in selling you the best product.

They have had a 10ghz pentium (yes i know its under insane cooling) but it does exsist and has since the pentium one i belive.

Think of it this way, If you made a 1000ghz processor.... but you decided you would rather sell a 133... 166.. 233.. 333... 533...1.2...ect ect to make more money wouldnt you?

 

[Kazuki_Fuse]

nanofans?

that'll be something new. however, by the time we get thoes hopefully we'll have quantum computers.

People gotta figure out quantum physics first, that might never happen.

 

[Dead-Inside]

... MAGNETIC COMPUTERS. They don't get hot btw. Not quantum, omfg.

7-10 years.

 

[SidewinderX]

Their is tech now that would allow them to cool these quite feesably. Their is no money in selling you the best product.

They have had a 10ghz pentium (yes i know its under insane cooling) but it does exsist and has since the pentium one i belive.

Think of it this way, If you made a 1000ghz processor.... but you decided you would rather sell a 133... 166.. 233.. 333... 533...1.2...ect ect to make more money wouldnt you?

link?



And powerwise, if we see a borader moved to watercooling, it might be able to handle this stuff more..

 

[Maxi]

That's insane! Just THINK how hot the server room/office room/ home room would get with those chips! Mine is already at a constant 25-27 degrees with just one computer!

 

[mayro]

http://hardware.editme.com/pentium-5-review
http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.aspx?i=1379&p=7
http://forums.extremeoverclocking.com/showthread.php?t=50599
YAY I FOUND THE DARN PICTURES!!!!! HERE!!!!

http://www.anandtech.com/printarticle.html?i=1584

 

[SidewinderX]

wow.

 

[Asus]

That isn't the full CPU but an ALU.
Back in 2000, wow that really has been awhile and now even Tegas has been canceled.

Cordless phones are up to 5GHz now!
A Hz probably isn't all that you think it is.