Thermal Utilization on Chip

The integration and miniaturization of chips lead to significant power consumption and heat accumulation. Typically, the energy consumption of cooling systems accounts for morn than 50% of the input energy. Current thermal management technologies do not offer solutions for on-chip thermal energy loss. Herein, we propose an on-chip integrated thermal recovery system, which can simultaneously achieve efficient heat dissipation. Present system on chips is based on hydrovoltaic generator technology, consisting of electrodes and gel. With the deep ultraviolet LED (236 nm) chip suffering from severe heat accumulation as a prototype, upon integration with the thermal recovery system, not only maintain the chip temperature below 40 °C, but also converts waste heat into stored electrical energy, resulting in a 610.70% improvement in overall energy utilization efficiency. To demonstrate its general applicability in commercial CPU systems, we used the commercial Intel G3220 chip and as an example, by incorporating four HEG units, the temperature was reduced from 93 °C to below 60 °C, effectively enhancing computational performance and extending the chip’s lifespan.