Originally posted by Un4given:
Can you imagine how hard it will be to dissipate heat from a die area that small?

This is a presentation from Intel that covers this a little. (Intel has some great stuff on their R&D site!!!) Check out page 8, remember this graph is on a log scale.

At .065 the W/cm^2 of a die has passed that of a nuclear reactor and is closing in on a rocket nozzle.


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