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June 08, 2006
Nordic Startups On A Chilling Mission
We're noticing a stream of chip and processor cooling innovators coming out of Scandinavia, bent on making computers and home electronics quieter. Did we miss a conference in Skane where everyone agreed that this is the next big thing?
No matter. 
The latest to enter the fray is Nanofreeze Technologies, a spin off from Lund University. It joins Noise Limit and Asetek, both out of Denmark.
Below the jump we compare and contrast the competition and give it all some context.
Asetek sells units that can be installed on the mother board, while Noise Limit is hoping to get its liquid-cooling units sold as part of the basic CPU spec for new gear.
Asetek's can be installed after sale. It's also a bulkier solution, but it recently raised capital from a syndicate of investors to shrink its heat pumps.
Noise Limit has partnered itself with a major cooling systems manufacturing partner to be able to handle the high volume demand that it hopes its compact and cool products (pictured here) will generate from users of Intel and AMD processors.
Driving chip cooling efforts is the desire to dissipate the heat generated by today's digital video recorders, PCs, and home media centers -- it's a waste of energy and prevents processors from peak performance -- without adding more noise to the equation. The fan is the culprit here.
Basically, too much heat and noise restrict where you place the electronic gear.
Read - The Need For Silence (noise limit)
Read - Asetek Raises VC (a:c euro)
Read - Nanofreeze in the fridge (a:c euro)
Posted on June 8, 2006 06:03 AM | Posted to Hardware | Permalink
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