There are two unusual developments
Intel processors lag behind competing AMD solutions when it comes to energy efficiency. The current generation of Xeon Sapphire Rapids can consume over 600W without any overclocking, and with it the consumption can exceed 1kW. As reported, Intel is already developing new cooling systems for next-generation chips with power up to 2 kW! It is unlikely that we are talking about the fact that one new CPU will consume 2 kW, but Tom’s Hardware resource does not specify the details.
Intel needs “sci-fi” solutions to cool its next generation processors.
Of course, this applies to coolers for server CPUs – consumer solutions do not require such solutions. However, the complexity of the task does not change from this. As Intel itself says, it will work closely with companies involved in innovative cooling technologies on solutions that “seem completely sci-fi.”
It is known that one of the new solutions is a kind of evaporation chamber built into a coral-shaped radiator. The second solution relies on technology that uses “tiny AI-controlled nozzles that direct cold water to hot spots in the chip.” Judging by the description, in the first case we are talking about cooperation with Diabatix, and in the second it could be JetCool.
