ISSN 2348-1196 (print) International Journal of Computer Science and Information Technology Research ISSN 2348-120X (online) Vol. 8, Issue 3, pp: (268-272), Month: July - September 2020, Available at: www.researchpublish.com
Cooling Methods for Enterprise Computing Systems 1
Mohamed A. Sierafi, 2Bob ten Have Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
Abstract: Enterprise computing systems are becoming increasingly compute-intensive year after year. The concern is that compute-intensive systems require powerful and higher frequency processing units that generate higher thermal output compared to traditional processing units. Any increase in temperature above the ideal environmental requirements for the computing systems will lead to a decreased lifetime of the equipment. This article looks into different cooling methods targeted towards securing the required heat dissipation to main optimal temperatures for the critical enterprise computing systems. Keywords: CPU, Air-Cooling, Liquid-Cooling, Micro-liquid, Enterprise Computing, GPU, AI, Advanced Analytics.
I. INTRODUCTION Cooling is an essential part of the wellbeing of a CPU. The CPU will perform better and will have a longer life if it is cooled properly. This article will describe different types of CPU cooling and which option fits best for different use cases. It will describe in details three different types of CPU cooling, namely cooling by air, liquid and integrated micro-liquid cooling. It will describe which type of cooling to be used, and predicts the future of cooling the CPU by using cuttingedge computing designs and cooling technologies such as microfluidic cooling, which in turn will lead to the capability of accommodating boosted computing performance.
II. CPU FREQUENCY CPU frequency determines how fast the CPU can process a single thread. The higher the frequency the faster the processing of single threads. Higher CPU frequencies will benefit applications that cannot use multiple cores or applications that depend on fast processing. General applications like Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP,) databases and web services are strongly reliant on the availability of CPUs and in less effect the fast response of each CPU request. These applications are not expected to benefit from increased frequencies. Contradictory of the general applications, High Performance Computing (HPC,) Artificial Intelligence applications and Analytical applications could highly benefit from higher frequencies, especially if the application response is time sensitive. Although many components contribute to generating heat from the CPU. The CPU frequency is the highest contributor and one can assume that the higher the frequency the more heat the CPU will generate.
III. CPU AIR-COOLING A. Air-Cooling Components and Methods The Integrated Heat Spreader (IHS) is the external case of the processor and it disperses the heat generated by the processor to the outer shell. The maximum temperature allowed on the IHS is the Tcase. For most CPUs in the enterprise class the maximum Tcase is around 80 degrees Celsius. The popular Intel processor 8280 for example has a Tcase of 84 degrees Celsius.
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