Cooling manufacturer Frore Systems has reportedly announced the world's first solid state cooling system, designed to cool CPUs, GPUs and SoCs operating inside devices such as laptops, handheld consoles tablets and more. The cooler design, called the AirJet, does not require any fans, instead using ultrasonic waves to push air through the cooling device. As a result, the device is incredibly thin, and is capable of dissipating the same amount of heat as fan-based coolers, while maintaining very low power consumption and a silent presentation.
Frore Systems hasn't announced any actual computers featuring its Airjet solid-state coolers. But the company is already in partnership with the likes of Intel and Qualcomm, so you can expect Intel and ARM based laptops to be arriving sometime in the future with this new cooler technology.
"Intel’s mission with Intel Evo is to unite the open PC ecosystem to deliver the best possible laptop experiences that people want," said Josh Newman, vice president and general manager of mobile innovation at Intel in a press release. "Engineering thin, light, stylish laptop designs that offer great performance while remaining cool and quiet are foundational to that mission. Frore Systems’ AirJet technology offers a new and novel approach to help achieve these design goals in new ways and Intel is excited about the engineering collaboration with Frore Systems to help ready their technology for future Intel Evo laptops."
Frore company has two models, the AirJet Mini and the AirJet Pro, both of which are just 2.8 mm thick. Both models intake air from four slits housed on the top of the cooling device, which then make their way to the interior of the cooling device where tiny membranes vibrate at ultrasonic frequencies to push that air out the sides of the cooling device.
The main difference between the Mini and the Pro is size and cooling capability. As the name implies, the Mini is the smaller of the two, aimed at cooling ultra-thin notebooks and tablets. The Mini features a total heat dissipation of 5.25W with a 85C die temperature on the processor, while consuming just 1W of power consumption at its max. The Mini generates 1,750 Pascals of back pressure and weights just 11 grams, measuring in at 27.5 mm wide by 41.5 mm long.
This ventilation design solves the problems of air circulation problems with normal laptops, featuring intakes at the bottom of the chassis. Often times, users who put the laptop on a soft surface such as a couch, or on his or her lap, which will block off airflow from the bottom fans. With the intakes and exhaust now located on the rear side of the laptop, that is no longer a problem.
Theoretical Performance Potential
In a theoretical example of a 13-inch fanless notebook, with 10W of passive cooling power. An AirJet version housing four AirJet Mini's would be able to double the notebooks cooling output, from 10W to 20W - combining the power of both passive cooling and the AirJets solid state coolers, without increasing the size of the notebook's chassis.
In a theoretical case where the laptop's CPU can take advantage of all this additional cooling, the CPU would run 100% faster with the AirJet solution, while staying whisper quiet.
