Energy produced starting from the heat of the components

The Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt demonstrates the feasibility of using heat from components to supply other ...

In Germany, a research program has discovered a surprising physical effect. The heat produced by the processor or the RAM may soon no longer be necessary. Instead, it could be used to improve the performance of calculations and storage more efficiently. And these are just two of many potential applications made ??possible by the discovery made ??at the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB).

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Today, magnetic tunnel structures are already present in the various fields of information technology. They are used, for example, in magnetic storage cells non-volatile memory chips (called "MRAM" - magnetic random access memories), or in highly sensitive magnetic sensors to read data stored on hard drives.

The effect of this new discovery in the PTB in the context of a research collaboration with the University of Bielefeld and the company Singulus could in the future, add a new application to the existing ones: the monitoring and control of thermoelectric voltages and currents in highly integrated electronic circuits. In the future, this new effect could be applied, for example, using the energy and converting waste heat occurring in integrated circuits in a targeted manner.

Currently promoted by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) as part of a priority program for six years, this technology will benefit from a large-scale development which should lead to future industrialization of this principle. For more information, physical demonstration is available on this page. That, at least, is very interesting since this discovery may eventually offer new solutions to computer manufacturers to use the heat from the components ...

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