U.S. servers slurp more power than Mississippi | CNET News.com
I just an epifinay (mabe) on the global power requirements that the computing industry is consuming. The idea came to me after reading the following article; U.S. servers slurp more power than Mississippi | CNET News.com. It seems to me that much of the power goes to the infrastructure (mostly air conditioners with the new CPUs coming to market). It seems to me that air conditioners are not really needed if we can find a way to keep CPUs from melting. My idea is to put channels in the CPUs while manufacturing them to allow a viscous fluid (such as water or an oil) to flow into the CPU to draw heat away and running that warmed water/oil to drain into a storage container with room temperature water/oil (cool). The viscous fluid is pulled at the bottom of the tank and deposited at the top. It should keep the CPU cool without the need of A/C. One thing I learned during my engineering schooling, a profound lesson, is KISS. Keep It Simple Stupid. It’s a simple idea and one that won’t get into production ’cause the designer didn’t think of it first.
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Design, Ecology, Global Warming
