Diamonds are cool. Well, ethically sourced ones are, anyway. This I have learned from a lifetime of watching heist movies, rap videos, and loud, obnoxious people shoving them in my face at parties to show me exactly how much their partner values them, or somesuch.
But according to Akash Systems, they might actually be the future of chip cooling, too (via Tom's Hardware). The company has recently signed a «non-binding preliminary memorandum of terms» for $18.2 million of CHIPS act funding (alongside $50 million in federal and state tax credits) to scale up production of diamond-cooled semiconductors, and that's pretty hip and happening if you ask me.
While the exact methodology for how this diamond cooling technology works remains under wraps, the company has released a soaring-soundtrack-filled promotional video to explain the tech, and the claims are pretty impressive.
Akash Systems claims that it's fused synthetic diamond with conductive materials like Gallium Nitride to make semiconductors.
Diamond is said to be five times more thermally conductive than copper, making it perfect for dissipating heat from electronic devices.