Just when you thought the idea of watercooling was bad enough,
this method is set to become more mainstream with the introduction
of Sapphire's new Blizzard card prototype, with the final sale version
even rumoured to be fanless, chilling chips down to a cool 12c using
liquid metal. An electromagnetic pump means less to go wrong , or at least mechanically wrong that is ,and gives silent operation.

It is not mercury. They'd run into a lot of trouble using that for this app.

While Sapphire is not letting on, it is probably gallium, which is not toxic, or an alloy thereof. Since it melts in your hand this would be in the range we're looking for. I don't know how the electromagnetic pump works, would be really cool to find out. I suspect more info on these trade secrets will be regrettably slow in coming.

I'd love to have that sort of cooling available for my stuff...

Better option would be to seal all the sockets and suspend in a vat of caster oil, just to ensure good electrical contact possible for the worst connections around

Then just suspend the whole motherboard in a vat of caster oil. It is thermally very conductive (then you can have a heat exchanger somewhere else if you really want it) but it is electrically an insulator and can tolerate a hell of alot of contamination before it start to conduct (and then it is alot)

The best bit is yr fans still work in the oil, be it a bit slower but that just aids in moving the oil around to spread the heat out

IF you wanted to make this even better as mentioned add a heat exchanger.The head exchanger can be as simple as a coil of copper pipe dunked into the vat and water running through it.

Originally Posted by Oznog

I don't know how the electromagnetic pump works, would be really cool to find out. I suspect more info on these trade secrets will be regrettably slow in coming.

Most likely an Einstein-Szilard refrigerator. Ideal for use when and where moving parts are a hindrance.

Originally Posted by Dngrsone

Most likely an Einstein-Szilard refrigerator. Ideal for use when and where moving parts are a hindrance.

I doubt it's one of those! I know that as the Servel cycle. It is not a dissipation method but rather refrigeration which requires a significant power input. They're actually complicated pain-in-the-ass units. Tend to develop blockages or corrode tubing internally. Since they're gravity feed units, they have to be oriented "up" within a few degrees or they stop working and overheat.

Originally Posted by Oznog

Originally Posted by Dngrsone

Most likely an Einstein-Szilard refrigerator. Ideal for use when and where moving parts are a hindrance.

I doubt it's one of those! I know that as the Servel cycle. It is not a dissipation method but rather refrigeration which requires a significant power input. They're actually complicated pain-in-the-ass units. Tend to develop blockages or corrode tubing internally. Since they're gravity feed units, they have to be oriented "up" within a few degrees or they stop working and overheat.

The Servel is a different technology. Einstein was aware of the Platen/Munters cycle and developed a new method of accompplishing the same thing. Einstein-Szilard are being used in nuclear power plants specifically because they use no moving parts and require less maintenance (and therefore less chance of contaminant release) than typical cooling technologies.

References: Cool idea sounds familiar
Delano's analysis of the Einstein cycle June 1998... Servel has been around a lot longer than that.

Fanless? could it be by using paramagnetic substances that moves in an electric field?

Another guess is the use of seebeck Effect, Peltier Effect or Thomson Effrect?