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Harish Jonnalagadda

Solid-state cooling tech will transform wearables and XR glasses, and I got an early look

XMEMS XMC-2400 active cooling solution demo.
Hardwired
(Image credit: Nicholas Sutrich / Android Central)

In Hardwired, AC Senior Editor Harish Jonnalagadda delves into all things hardware, including phones, audio products, storage servers, and networking gear.

Thermal management is one of the biggest issues with wearables; the limited real estate on devices like smartwatches and smart glasses prevents conventional solutions — like a custom layer that's used on phones to siphon heat away from the internals. That's just not possible to do on a tiny PCB that houses all the parts needed for XR glasses, and this will only be an issue as these glasses start getting additional features and on-device AI utilities.

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