Bridging the Simulation Supply Chain; NXP Semiconductors, a Case in Point

Bridging the Simulation Supply Chain; NXP Semiconductors, a Case in Point

By far and away the most common enquiry by someone using FloTHERM, especially at the start of their adoption, is…

Bottlenecks and Interface Materials; Part 1 – Great Thermal Bedfellows

Bottlenecks and Interface Materials; Part 1 – Great Thermal Bedfellows

Probably due to the beer fridge, I now seem to be becoming the repository of broken electronic products with an…

Emails, more Emails and Jeff Bridges

Emails, more Emails and Jeff Bridges

It’s estimated that, from a figure of 0.4% in 1995, now about 30% of the world’s population are ‘internet users’….

LEDs; The future’s bright and hot.

LEDs; The future’s bright and hot.

LED based lighting is now a very hot topic (believe me, in electronic thermal management circles that used to be…

From Megawatts to Milliwatts; sub-micron scale thermal modelling with FloTHERM

From Megawatts to Milliwatts; sub-micron scale thermal modelling with FloTHERM

Joseph Fourier led a full and interesting life. Apart from his obvious legacy of Fourier’s Law that relates the temperature…

What! All that just for that? The bonkers world of CPU cooling.

What! All that just for that? The bonkers world of CPU cooling.

My colleague Ed and I were marvelling the other day at the CPU cooling unit from one of our training…

Ho, Ho, Ho! Facebook moves to Lapland

Ho, Ho, Ho! Facebook moves to Lapland

What do you call someone who doesn’t believe in Father Christmas? A rebel without a Claus. Right, that’s that out…

All Detailed Thermal IC Package Models are Wrong… Probably

All Detailed Thermal IC Package Models are Wrong… Probably

‘Rubbish In -> Rubbish Out’ is a well accepted fact in the world of simulation. Regardless of the technical capabilities…

Underfloor Electric Heating. Part III – Penny wise, pound foolish.

Underfloor Electric Heating. Part III – Penny wise, pound foolish.

It would only have cost me an extra £170, a small extra compared to the cost of the rest of…