{"id":199471,"date":"2024-11-14T16:22:45","date_gmt":"2024-11-14T22:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/11\/diamond-cooled-gpus-are-coming-soon-startup-claims-20c-temp-reduction-25-more-overclocking-headroom-as-it-seeks-us-govt-funding-for-diamond-encrusted-chip-cooling-solutions"},"modified":"2024-11-14T16:22:45","modified_gmt":"2024-11-14T22:22:45","slug":"diamond-cooled-gpus-are-coming-soon-startup-claims-20c-temp-reduction-25-more-overclocking-headroom-as-it-seeks-us-govt-funding-for-diamond-encrusted-chip-cooling-solutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/11\/diamond-cooled-gpus-are-coming-soon-startup-claims-20c-temp-reduction-25-more-overclocking-headroom-as-it-seeks-us-govt-funding-for-diamond-encrusted-chip-cooling-solutions","title":{"rendered":"Diamond-cooled GPUs are coming soon \u2014 startup claims 20C temp reduction, 25% more overclocking headroom as it seeks US govt funding for diamond-encrusted chip cooling solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MouPhUIeoEo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Akash Systems has signed a non-binding preliminary memorandum of terms with the U.S. Department of Commerce for $18.2 million in direct funding and $50 million in federal and state tax credits through the CHIPS Act. Although this isn\u2019t yet a binding contract that will give the company the promised funds, it\u2019s an important first step in the negotiation process for the Oakland-based startup, which shows that both the company and the U.S. government are gradually moving towards a formal agreement. According to <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.akashsystems.com\/post\/akash-systems-signs-non-binding-preliminary-agreement-for-68-million-in-chips-act-funding-to-advance-ai-and-space-with-diamond-cooling-tech\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.akashsystems.com\/post\/akash-systems-signs-non-binding-preliminary-agreement-for-68-million-in-chips-act-funding-to-advance-ai-and-space-with-diamond-cooling-tech\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\">Akash Systems<\/a> (h\/t <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tomshardware.com\/tech-industry\/tsmc-gets-dollar66-billion-in-cash-and-dollar5-billion-in-loans-from-chips-act-plans-third-us-fab\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.tomshardware.com\/tech-industry\/tsmc-gets-dollar66-billion-in-cash-and-dollar5-billion-in-loans-from-chips-act-plans-third-us-fab\">Axios<\/a>), it will use the funds to ramp up its operations for producing diamond-cooled semiconductors for AI, data centers, space applications, and defense markets.<\/p>\n<p>Diamond-cooling technology goes deeper than just <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tomshardware.com\/pc-components\/thermal-paste\/cooler-master-introduces-colored-ai-thermal-paste-cryofuze-5-comes-with-nano-diamond-technology\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.tomshardware.com\/pc-components\/thermal-paste\/cooler-master-introduces-colored-ai-thermal-paste-cryofuze-5-comes-with-nano-diamond-technology\">thermal paste with nano-diamond technology<\/a>. For example, some use synthetic diamonds <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tomshardware.com\/tech-industry\/manufacturing\/synthetic-diamonds-and-ultrapure-glass-may-make-the-coolest-fastest-cpus-yet\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.tomshardware.com\/tech-industry\/manufacturing\/synthetic-diamonds-and-ultrapure-glass-may-make-the-coolest-fastest-cpus-yet\">as the chip substrate<\/a>, utilizing the material\u2019s thermal conductivity to more efficiently move heat away from the processor. So, let\u2019s look closer at Akash\u2019s solution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Akash Systems has signed a non-binding preliminary memorandum of terms with the U.S. Department of Commerce for $18.2 million in direct funding and $50 million in federal and state tax credits through the CHIPS Act. Although this isn\u2019t yet a binding contract that will give the company the promised funds, it\u2019s an important first step [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1490,9,4,6,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-199471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-government","category-military","category-nanotechnology","category-robotics-ai","category-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=199471"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199471\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=199471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=199471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}