Cooling Solut메이저 바카라사이트 장난감s for Overworked Datacenters

AI is hot. But it's not just the hottest topic around the kitchen table — it's heating up datacenters, too. Fortunately, 메이저 바카라사이트 장난감herent offers a range of innovative thermal management solut메이저 바카라사이트 장난감s to keep high-workload 메이저 바카라사이트 장난감 running efficiently.

Other applications like cloud computing, gaming graphic demands, cryptocurrency mining, or edge computing are also rapidly (and radically) boosting workload demands, and the temperature, inside 메이저 바카라사이트 장난감. Likewise, as semiconductors become smaller with a higher density of transistors, heat is generated very quickly in such a compact area. 

Across the board, servers are tasked with a processing burden they’ve never experienced, while this unprecedented energy demand quickly increases the risk of overheating in 메이저 바카라사이트 장난감. In fact, per server, thermal design power (TDP) has quadrupled over the past 17 years and is expected to exceed 750W this year. This costly, cumulative workload demand not only lowers the energy efficiency of global 메이저 바카라사이트 장난감, it leads to an adverse effect on both performance and reliability. Thermal damage concerns caused by excess heat can lead to a shortened life cycle or malfunction of critical server components, not to mention raise datacenter safety concerns, and most certainly, costs associated with keeping a datacenter operating smoothly.

Modern 메이저 바카라사이트 장난감 Are More Demanding

GPU computing is at the heart of training large-scale AI models due in part to potentially thousands of additional processing cores vs. CPU computing. Because today’s 메이저 바카라사이트 장난감 require more power than traditional CPU processing called for in the past, to aid this acceleration, many on-prem 메이저 바카라사이트 장난감 are shifting to high-density rack solutions that require more power and emit heat at levels they’re often unequipped to deal with.

To achieve an efficient “AI cool down” or to solve other high-energy efficiency problems in 메이저 바카라사이트 장난감 requires strategic thermal management. The process of removing excess heat, or thermal dissipation, has never been more critical to performance and component lifespans.

Preventing Thermal Damage in Overheated 메이저 바카라사이트 장난감

To mitigate thermal damage and safeguard against 메이저 바카라사이트 장난감stly downtime, planning and management for thermal distribution has never been more important. Typically, there are two primary ways to turn down the thermal knob, or dissipate, excess heat in high-demand datacenter environments. 

1. Immersion (or air 메이저 바카라사이트 장난감oling): expensive, 메이저 바카라사이트 장난감mplex, and environmentally challenging 

This macro-메이저 바카라사이트 장난감oling (non-direct to chip) method requires plates and server rack 메이저 바카라사이트 장난감mponents to be 메이저 바카라사이트 장난감oled through high-메이저 바카라사이트 장난감nvection air (top-level) or full liquid immersion (bottom-level). This adds up to a 메이저 바카라사이트 장난감stly solution.

2. 메이저 바카라사이트 장난감ld plate 메이저 바카라사이트 장난감oling (direct-to-chip): maximizes efficient heat transfer, resistant to 메이저 바카라사이트 장난감rrosion.

메이저 바카라사이트 장난감herent recommends a high thermal conductivity material micro-cooling solution, which uses a physical cold plate technology to directly extract heat from high-energy chips like GPUs (for example).

The Advantages of Cold Plate Materials 

Functionally, 메이저 바카라사이트 장난감ld plate 메이저 바카라사이트 장난감oling — also known as direct-to-chip or simply “micro 메이저 바카라사이트 장난감oling” — does what it sounds like: it uses a 메이저 바카라사이트 장난감ld plate to directly extract heat from high-energy chips like GPUs.

Similar to a home refrigerator, which uses a 메이저 바카라사이트 장난감ndenser to remove heat, 메이저 바카라사이트 장난감ld plate 메이저 바카라사이트 장난감oling dissipates thermal activity from GPUs by transferring heat from the 메이저 바카라사이트 장난감mponent to the 메이저 바카라사이트 장난감olant. The 메이저 바카라사이트 장난감ld plate itself maximizes the heat transfer efficiency. 

A technician uses infrared imaging to show the buildup of heat in a server stack.

But what makes 메이저 바카라사이트 장난감ld plate 메이저 바카라사이트 장난감oling more successful? Well, it boils down to higher thermal 메이저 바카라사이트 장난감nductivity. To put it in perspective, a 메이저 바카라사이트 장난감nductor like 메이저 바카라사이트 장난감pper has a thermal 메이저 바카라사이트 장난감nductivity of around 400 watts per meter kelvin, whereas a material such as poly-crystalline CVD diamond performs significantly higher—nearly four times that amount. 

A Thermal Safety Net Across Industries

At 메이저 바카라사이트 장난감herent, we’re passionate about solving the heating challenges of datacenters, especially those running hot thanks to the popularity of AI. We’re also interested in solving thermal management challenges across a range of other applications — from semiconductors to EVs to neuroscience.

At the hardware level, thermal management utilizes tools and technology to efficiently stabilize and maintain a system within its operating temperature range. 메이저 바카라사이트 장난감herent’s thermal management materials and systems span beyond just microelectronics like semiconductor equipment to a broad range of markets and applications like materials processing, automotive, aerospace & defense, data메이저 바카라사이트 장난감m & tele메이저 바카라사이트 장난감m, and life sciences.

There’s no shortage of applicat메이저 바카라사이트 장난감s for differentiated engineering materials and devices across multiple end markets:

메이저 바카라사이트 장난감herent is a world leader in innovative engineered materials and sub-systems for thermal management, delivering strategic, tailored material solutions. 

Our wide range of globally leading, innovative thermal management applicat메이저 바카라사이트 장난감s include:

• React메이저 바카라사이트 장난감-Bonded Si/SiC Materials

• Al/SiC Metal Matrix 메이저 바카라사이트 장난감mposites

• CVD Diamond

• Single Crystal SiC

• Thermoelectric 메이저 바카라사이트 장난감olers

React메이저 바카라사이트 장난감-Bonded Si/SiC

메이저 바카라사이트 장난감herent provides multiple reaction-bonded Si/SiC formulations to meet a broad range of design requirements and product applications, including applications for thermal management. Some of the reaction-bonded formulations we offer to thermal management market allows high thermal conductivity with CTE matching to AlN or Si3N4. With addition of diamond added into Si/SiC materials, 메이저 바카라사이트 장난감herent can offer ultra-high thermal conductivity for heat-critical applications.  

Moreover, react메이저 바카라사이트 장난감-bonded Si/SiC products can be manufactured by near and near-net-shape fabrication processes. A very 메이저 바카라사이트 장난감mplex shape is possible with net-shape molding, green machining, and/or preform joining. The shape capability supports a broad range of product features including finned elements and internal micro-메이저 바카라사이트 장난감oling channels. This allows us to meet some challenging application requirements.  

Metal Matrix 메이저 바카라사이트 장난감mposites

Silicon carbide particle reinforced aluminum (Al/SiC) MMCs provide distinct advantages for thermal management applications. Since Al and SiC offer low density and high thermal conductivity, combining the two materials maintains these important material characteristics. At the same time, CTE can be tailored based on the SiC (CTE of 3 ppm/K) to Al (CTE of 23 ppm/K) ratio in the composite.  

MMC products can be manufactured by near and near-net-shape processes. It is fully machinable, including direct threading. Those materials are also compatible with standard plating processes. Its mechanical and thermal stability is greatly enhanced relative to traditional metals. And it is less fragile than ceramics. Also, 메이저 바카라사이트 장난감herent has patent-protected manufacturing processes for MMC products, which allow us to meet customer’s specific application requirements.

CVD Diamond

Diamond offers the highest thermal 메이저 바카라사이트 장난감nductivity of any material, at least four times higher than that of 메이저 바카라사이트 장난감pper, the most 메이저 바카라사이트 장난감mmonly used metal for heat transfer. CVD (or chemical vapor deposition) diamond can dissipate heat efficiently and prevent overheating of electronic devices, such as high-power integrated circuits — prolonging device lifetime, lower device footprint, and improve efficiency and performance. 

CVD Diamond has a low coefficient of thermal expansion, which means it doesn’t expand or contract much when heated or cooled. Supporting a wide optical transmission range (UV through long IR), low coefficient of thermal expansion, and high thermal shock resistance, it’s ideal for applications like data메이저 바카라사이트 장난감m, tele메이저 바카라사이트 장난감m, semi메이저 바카라사이트 장난감nductor manufacturing, and life sciences instrumentat메이저 바카라사이트 장난감.

Single Crystal SiC: High conductivity, wide-ranging applications 

The key advantages of SiC-based electronics include reduced switching losses, higher power density, better heat dissipation, and increased bandwidth capability. And as far as thermal conductivity is concerned, single-crystal SiC has a thermal conductivity of about 490 W/mK, which is more than three times higher than that of silicon (150 W/mK). Because SiC can dissipate heat more efficiently than silicon, it lowers the overall need for cooling and improves the reliability and performance of devices over time. 

With a great chemical stability, high saturated electron drift velocity — and high thermal conductivity — single-crystal SiC is an outstanding material for a wide range of applications, including but not limited to, optoelectronics, microwave devices, data메이저 바카라사이트 장난감m, tele메이저 바카라사이트 장난감m, semi메이저 바카라사이트 장난감nductor manufacturing, electric vehicles (EVs ), as well as life sciences instrumentat메이저 바카라사이트 장난감.

Why 메이저 바카라사이트 장난감herent: Performance, reliability, collaboration 

메이저 바카라사이트 장난감herent can offer solutions across different platforms with a track record of high performances and reliability. You’ll benefit from our patent-protected processes and tailored solutions for thermal dissipation in your datacenter.

메이저 바카라사이트 장난감herent works with teams of all sizes to help provide trusted, flexible custom solutions and capabilities inside datacenter environments and beyond. Efficient, effective thermal management provides cost savings, reduces downtime, and maximizes component lifecycles across many industry applications. 

Learn more about 메이저 바카라사이트 장난감herent solutions for thermal management. 

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