Researchers cool CPUs with nano-size fridges

30.01.2009

As the micro-refrigerator draws heat, it also generates electricity. But Venkatasubramanian said the technology would not work like a hybrid car such as . The devices are hampered because with the more heat they draw, the less electricity they are able to generate. "You can't get something from nothing. You can't violate the second law of thermodynamics," he said.