A 1mm fan inside your laptop's hard drive? Here's how the micro xMEMS fan works

An illustration of how the xMEMS fan-on-chip circulates cool air.

A fan so small and silent that it fits inside your laptop’s SSD. It’s an idea that might sound somewhat farfetched, but xMEMS Labs, known for making solid-state speakers for earbuds, has managed to pull it off with its µCooling chip.

This isn’t your typical thermal management solution. Originally built for data center applications, xMEMS has now expanded the technology to support active thermal management for laptops.