Sandia Labs Develops Revolutionary Heatsink for Microelectronics

The traditional heatsink fan design is one where a fan rotates at a high speed, while placed above a metal heatsink that’s usually made of alumunium or copper. Sandia National Labs in Livermore, California has designed a new heatsink design, which they claim will shake up the conventional air cooling heatsink market. The new Sandia Cooler that’s also known as “Air Bearing Heat Exchanger” was designed by Jeff Koplow, a researcher at Sandia Labs. The new Sandia Cooler uses a slightly different approach. A brushless motor drives a slightly different arrangement of fins which is positioned closely to the base metal heatsink.

Effective, quieter cooling solutions on the horizon

Traditional coolers have dead air that cling to the fins of the heatsink. The new heatsink design should make heatsinks more efficient and also a lot quieter. Sandia Labs is looking out for interested parties who wish to use the mass produce the product for commercial purposes. There’s also benefits to be repeated in other coooling systems in other products such as air conditioners. If used on a large scale, the technology should be able to cut down power consumption by 7 per cent. 

Corsair Announces Worldwide Availability of H80 and H100 CPU Coolers

With their H50 and H70 coolers doing swimmingly well, Corsair has added two more CPU coolers to their Hydro Series lineup. The H80 and H100 are very similar in terms of features and only differ in the size of their radiators. Both include Corsair's Link digital connector that lets you monitor the temperature and control the fan speed.

Dual radiators for efficient cooling

Both feature the latest cooling technology from Corsair and are easy to install and maintain, just like their smaller siblings. The cooler itself is light weight and features a copper cold plate and a split-flow manifold for better cooling. It also has a digital fan control with three presets. The H80 is designed for standard ATX cases and packs just a single 120mm radiator, while the H100 uses a dual 120mm radiator and is compatible with larger cases.

India prices are not yet known but in the US, the H80 carries a retail price of $109 (Rs.4,905) whereas the H100 sells for $119 (Rs.5,355).

Intel Delays Sandy Bridge-E Processors Till January 2012

The next batch of high end Core i7 processors that will replace the current 1366 socket CPUs have been delayed till early 2012. The news came through VR-Zone who’ve confirmed through their sources that Intel will indeed push back the launch of its enthusiast level chips.

More time to save up for these beasts

The Sandy Bridge-E CPUs will be accompanied by a new socket, LGA-2011, and will feature two six-core and one quad-core CPUs. One possible reason for the delay is that Intel might be focusing on their Server CPU lineup, which are based on the same core. This is possible as the demand for these new server chips would definitely be higher than the consumer grade CPUs. Other than enthusiasts, the majority of the people don’t really need such high end processors; in fact, Intel’s current Sandy Bridge line up is more than sufficient. And then there’s the cost. The new CPUs aren’t going to be exactly cheap, plus you’ll have to shell out for a new motherboard, as well.