Electron-phonon interactions affect heat dissipation in computer chips
Wednesday, October 12, 2016 - 11:21
in Physics & Chemistry
In the coming years, as more transistors are packed into ever smaller areas within computer chips, MIT engineers say cellphones, laptops, and other electronic devices may face a higher risk of overheating, as a result of interactions between electrons and heat-carrying particles called phonons. The researchers have found that these previously underestimated interactions can play […]