Date of Award
2015
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science in Engineering (MSE)
Department
Chemical and Materials Engineering
Committee Chair
James E. Smith, Jr.
Committee Member
Emanuel Waddell
Committee Member
Michael Banish
Subject(s)
Computer architecture, Microprocessors--Design and construction, Pentium (Microprocessor)
Abstract
Thermal management for computer processors is always one of main concerns for computer manufacturers and users. Current cooling techniques based on forced air convection supported by an electric fan. This method has some disadvantages such as depending on air convection, creating noise, vibration, dust, and power consumption. This thesis is to examine detailed passive cooling technique for computer processors with the use of liquid Fluorinert FC-72 as a coolant. Two types of the Pentium 4 and one Core i3 processors were investigated using passive cooling technique. No-load and full-load operations of those processors were compared. The no-load and full-load operations of the Core i3 were also investigated using both traditional and passive cooling technique. The results showed that the passive cooling technique using FC-72 as a coolant was completely applicable for cooling the tested processors.
Recommended Citation
Nguyen, Cuong, "Passive cooling of pentium 4 and I3 processors" (2015). Theses. 117.
https://louis.uah.edu/uah-theses/117