Cooling chips with lasers: Innovative cooling method removes heat precisely from hot spots, recycles heat into energy

A startup is developing a laser-based cooling system using ultrapure gallium arsenide plates to target chip hotspots, but at high costs.

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cooling-chips-with-lasers-innovative-cooling-method-removes-heat-precisely-from-hot-spots-recycles-heat-into-energy

Created 2mo | Apr 11, 2025, 12:10:05 PM


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