Sensor-based non-uniform cooling
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsPradip Bose, Alper Buyuktosunoglu, Timothy Joseph Chainer, Pritish Ranjan Parida, Augusto Javier Vega
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Abstract
Techniques for inducing non-uniform cooling are described. According to an embodiment, a system is provided. The system can comprise at least one processor device that executes components stored in a memory, wherein the components comprise: a flow control device that distributes coolant to a location of the at least one processor device; and a sensor controller component that detects a location of a thermal anomaly of the at least one processor device. The components can also comprise a cooling controller component that adjusts the flow control device to direct the coolant to the location of the thermal anomaly.
Claims22
A system, comprising:
- at least one processor device that executes components stored in a memory, wherein the components comprise:
- a flow control device that distributes coolant through a channel embedded within a substrate of the at least one processor device;
- and
- a cooling controller component that adjusts the flow control device to direct the coolant to the substrate of the at least one processor device based on a determination that the at least one processor device is experiencing a thermal anomaly, wherein the coolant is transferred from a condenser to a wet/dry cooler via an outlet of the channel where heat of the at least one processor device is dissipated.
A computer-implemented method, comprising:
- distributing, by a flow control device operatively coupled to a processor device having a plurality of chips and a plurality of respective substrates adjacent the plurality of chips, coolant to a substrate of the plurality of substrates of the processor device;
- detecting, by a sensor controller component, that the processor device is experiencing a thermal anomaly, wherein the sensor controller component is coupled to a plurality of sensors disposed at an inlet of a channel embedded within the substrate and an outlet of the channel to facilitate determination of a net temperature increase or decrease for the processor device, and wherein the sensor controller component is coupled to a plurality of sensors disposed at second inlets and second outlets of a second channel adjacent to the processor device;
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- detecting, by the sensor controller component, that a second processor device of the processor devices is not experiencing the thermal anomaly.
A computer program product for a coolant distribution process, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a processor device to cause the processor device to:
- distribute, by a flow control device, coolant through a substrate of the processor device;
- and
- detect, by a sensor controller component, a location of a thermal anomaly of the processor device, wherein the sensor controller component is coupled to a plurality of sensors disposed at an inlet of a channel embedded within the substrate and an outlet of the channel, and wherein the sensor controller component is coupled to a second plurality of sensors disposed at second inlets and second outlets of a second channel adjacent to the processor device, wherein the flow control device comprises piezoelectric devices disposed in the inlet or in the outlet of the channel and that deform to increase or decrease flow impedance to provide the coolant to the location of the thermal anomaly.
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