News Intel Kills Off Its Chip-Freezing Cryo Cooling Technology

[Admin]

Intel announced the discontinuation of the company's Cryo Cooling Technology, and no updates will be provided after December 31, 2023.

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[Albert.Thomas]

While the first Cryo Cooler wasn't quite practical, I was looking forward to a refined version 2.0

I guess that's not going to happen now 🙁

 

[shawman123]

This hopefully means Arrow Lake onwards chips dont need them

 

[Kamen Rider Blade]

That's such a shame, another good piece of Intel tech killed off.

 

[Order 66]

I didn't even know this existed until it got killed off. It's a shame that it did, because CPUs are only getting more power hungry. I mean, AMD's new threadripper CPUs can use 350W (7995wx).

 

[tlmiller76]

I didn't even know this existed until it got killed off. It's a shame that it did, because CPUs are only getting more power hungry. I mean, AMD's new threadripper CPUs can use 350W (7995wx).

I came to say the exact same thing. Their announcement that it's dead is the first time I've ever heard of it. Can't have been overly popular.

 

[bit_user]

I assume this used a peltier device? I don't really see how else it could achieve sub-ambient temperatures.

I've never seen a review of a CPU cooler that used peltier devices that was worthwhile. I think they're just too inefficient at cooling. Plus, whenever you're cooling below ambient, you've got to worry about condensation.

 

[tlmiller76]

I assume this used a peltier device? I don't really see how else it could achieve sub-ambient temperatures.

I've never seen a review of a CPU cooler that used peltier devices that was worthwhile. I think they're just too inefficient at cooling. Plus, whenever you're cooling below ambient, you've got to worry about condensation.

Inefficient, yes. But so neat!!

 

[bit_user]

CPUs are only getting more power hungry. I mean, AMD's new threadripper CPUs can use 350W (7995wx).

Same as Intel's top-end workstation CPU: the Xeon w9-3495X - and it only has 56 cores!

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[thestryker]

I assume this used a peltier device? I don't really see how else it could achieve sub-ambient temperatures.

Yes, and the first one was basically just a straight up TEC which is why that one wasn't very good.

I've never seen a review of a CPU cooler that used peltier devices that was worthwhile. I think they're just too inefficient at cooling. Plus, whenever you're cooling below ambient, you've got to worry about condensation.

The second version was much more interesting though still not terribly efficient. They changed the cooler operating parameters so you could run more reasonable temps. I think Roman (der8auer) was the only person who went through them.

Realistically though the nature of a TEC means as the power goes up they're harder to use.

 

[Vanderlindemedia]

Tec's are completely inefficient. They eat power and your cooling rig needs to be able to take care of both heat of the CPU and TEC. That can be in the 600 ~ 900 watts of range easily.