Semiconductor thermal measurement, modeling, and management symposium next week

So after all your efforts to make your design as power-efficient as possible, you still find that about 50% of the power going into your application is going up in, if not smoke, a lot of waste heat. You need to find out how to get the heat out of your system as quietly and quickly as possible. Consider attending next week’s SEMI-THERM conference in San Jose, CA (March 16-20) at the Fairmont. Some “hot” topics:

* Thermal Data Reduction for Heatsink to Rack Interfaces

* Computer Architecture Implications of Multi-Core Processors

 …and one that looks particularly interesting:

* Thermal Technology Roadmap in a Consumer Electronics Product Environment

 …because the constraints in consumer products, especially handheld devices, are not just the limits of the electronics but what feels hot to the hand doing the holding. Should be a good session.