A recently published scientific research paper boasts of the “outstanding performance” of a new passive thermal management system that can boost CPU performance by up to 32.65% via saltwater cooling. The system is self-refilling, too: it can recharge its cooling capacity by absorbing moisture from the air.
Called a "hygroscopic salt-loaded membrane-encapsulated heat sink" (HSMHS), the system utilizes a lithium bromide salt confined by a porous membrane which allows water to evaporate. According to the researchers from City University Hong Kong and the School of Energy and Power Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, a test computer system delivered 32.65% better performance using this new salt-based passive cooling technology.
