Asetek VapoChill Micro News

by Marco Chiappetta — Tuesday, March 08, 2005, 02:33 PM EDT

Hello again HotHardware fans. We have some more news for you today, by way of Asetek. They are announcing a new product today dubbed the VapoChill Micro. Here's a snip from the official press release...

The powerful VapoChill CPU cooler goes mainstream

Powering the fastest PC's on the planet for almost a decade the compressor-based VapoChill CPU cooler technology is now launched in a compact, reliable and highly effective solution: VapoChill Micro. The prospects for a new mainstream industry standard are solid.

Broenderslev, Denmark March 8th 2005 - asetek Inc. (DK), long-time market leader in high-end processor cooling technologies, has joined forces with the Leonhardt Group Industries (Germany) to launch a compact and highly effective CPU cooler technology. The already patented cooler technology, to be mass-marketed under the VapoChill Micro brand name, is based on the vapour phase principles of the compressor run VapoChill XEII and LSTM CPU coolers.

The VapoChill Micro CPU coolers are characterized by hermetically sealed gas/liquid chambers exploiting the most effective cooling principle available: phase change cooling. In the VapoChill Micro series the compressor is left out and recirculation of the coolant is based on gravity. In other words, no mechanical parts and basically unlimited reliability. The cooling process (evaporation) happens at ambient temperatures why condensation risks are nonexistent. Different from the heat pipe coolers currently dominating the market for high-end coolers the evaporator of the VapoChill Micro is placed – directly – on top of the CPU. The result is a CPU cooler offering the market's best price/performance ratio as well as ultra low noise operation.

In a technology perspective the opportunities for optimizations and custom applications are very strong and OEM contracts for the VapoChill Micro cooler have already been signed. The 1st generation retail series of the VapoChill Micro supports ATX mid and tower cases. BTX will, expectedly, be supported in Q2 or early Q3 2005. Read More...

VapoChill Related Articles on HotHardware:

VapoChill LightSpeed [AC] Review
VapoChill Retro-Fit
VapoChill XE Review
VapoChill Chill Control For Windows Sneak Peek

We've also recently received the new VapoChill XE II. The review will be posted soon, so stay tuned.

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Marco Chiappetta

Marco's interest in computing and technology dates all the way back to his early childhood. Even before being exposed to the Commodore P.E.T. and later the Commodore 64 in the early ‘80s, he was interested in electricity and electronics, and he still has the modded AFX cars and shop-worn soldering irons to prove it. Once he got his hands on his own Commodore 64, however, computing became Marco's passion. Throughout his academic and professional lives, Marco has worked with virtually every major platform from the TRS-80 and Amiga, to today's high end, multi-core servers. Over the years, he has worked in many fields related to technology and computing, including system design, assembly and sales, professional quality assurance testing, and technical writing. In addition to being the Managing Editor here at HotHardware for close to 15 years, Marco is also a freelance writer whose work has been published in a number of PC and technology related print publications and he is a regular fixture on HotHardware’s own Two and a Half Geeks webcast. - Contact: marco(at)hothardware(dot)com