Effect on scaling of heat removal requirements in three-dimensional systems

Haldun M. Ozaktas, Hakan Oksuzoglu, R. F.W. Pease, Joseph W. Goodman

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Abstract

A first-order discussion of convective heat removal from a hypothetical 3-dimensional computing system is presented. A textbook treatment indicates that our heat removal capability can be characterized by a quantity Q, the amount of power we can remove per unit cross-section. Thus the minimum length of the system is proportional to the square root of the total power dissipated. We predict Q ∼ 104Wcm−2 assuming an applied pressure difference of 1 atm, a maximum temperature rise of 100K and the use of water as the coolant fluid.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1227-1232
Number of pages6
JournalInternational Journal of Electronics
Volume73
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Dec 1992
Externally publishedYes

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