Chips could harvest their own energy using a newly-created alloy
Chips could harvest their own energy using a newly-created alloy
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Chips could harvest their own energy using a newly-created alloy
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And no word on efficiency in the article. I guess it won't be better than other thermo-electric devices they are 5-8% efficient.
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The way I see it, every little bit helps. If even a little of the waste heat can be recaptured as electricity for operation, it's a good thing unless the conversion itself has a higher energy cost, and from what I can tell, that's not the case with this technique.
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It might be interesting to use waste heat to power fans. That's right in that range for power needs, and it could be largely self-contained.
For something like a data center, that could add up.
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Data centers will probably be the only practical application. Consumer electronics will probably barely produce enough energy to power the regulator and tie-in circuit just to feed back into the pwm driver for fans nowadays.
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Every time they purposefully ommit crucial info like this it means it's a complete showstopper.
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How about chips harvest all that air in the bag? Oh wait, not those kinda chips ...
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I suppose it’s a better idea than I initially gave it credit for. It’s a new type of thermocouple, and processors do run at a fairly high heat gradient compared to ambient temperatures.
Good luck with the actual implementation though!