Editorial

• Liquid cooling solution chosen for CHIME project

  It was recently announced that CoolIT Systems, Inc. was chosen to develop a custom liquid cooling solution for the single processing part of the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME) located in Penticon, British Columbia. details>>

• Facebook launches BackPack switch platform for data centers

  In recent weeks Facebook has shown a desire to strengthen its global data centers with the release of Wedge 100 top-of-the-rack network switch and its newly announced Backpack 100G switch platform to connect all the racks inside a data center. details>>

• Rumored Microsoft phone could use liquid cooling

  Many industry insiders are hinting that a Microsoft Surface phone could be on the horizon and early indications are that it will incorporate a liquid cooling system. details>>

• Hyundai releases details about its new Ioniq EV

  Hyundai will release its new Ioniq hybrid vehicle that gets an industry-best 58 miles per gallon and the company will also have a fully electric and a plug-in hybrid model scheduled for release in 2017 as well. details>>

• Melexis launches sensors for temperature measurement

  Melexis announced the development of two new sensors for simplified integration of temperature measurements to improve safety, efficiency, and convenience in many applications, particularly in the automotive industry. details>>

• U.K. company on brink of completing SABRE rocket technology

  Reaction Engines is on the brink of delivering on its promise of SABRE, just as Tesla CEO Elon Musk and his Space X project as well as Amazon CEO Jeff Bexos and his Blue Origin project have brought headlines to the race for commercial space travel. details>>

• Scientists report on efficient perovskite solar cell design

  A team of researchers from Stanford University and Oxford University reported on a new process that incorporates tin and other common elements to create perovskite, which is a photovoltaic crystalline material that is thinner, more flexible and easier to produce than standard silicon crystals. details>>

• Company turning feathers into insulation material for homes

  AeroPowder is seeking a means for turning the billions of chicken feathers that are produced in Great Britain from meat processing. Rather than have those feathers sit in a landfill, beginning in 2015 AeroPowder started using the feathers? innate thermal properties as the foundation for insulating materials. details>>

• EVGA issues new firmware to address thermal concerns

  EVGA recently released a firmware update that tweaked the thermal management of the cards to a safer level, according to a report on SlashGear.com. The problem was only with cards that used the ACX 3.0 cooler. details>>

• Software simulations test thermal capabilities of graphite

  In the September issue of Multiphysics Simulation, GrafTech published a report about simulations that it ran about graphite's application in thermal management. details>>