Ventiva Defeats Dust with Intelligent Software Control

Ventiva ICE9 system detects and combats dust, creates new industry category for thermal management

FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ventiva®, the leader in thermal solutions, today announced an enhancement to its ICE9™ thermal management system: intelligent software control. The intelligent system controller enables the ICE9 solution to act as an advanced air quality detector, detecting and defeating dust and airborne contaminants to ensure optimal system performance in laptop computers and other electronic devices.

Overheating is one of the most common causes of laptop failure. As processors become more powerful, their heat output intensifies, making effective cooling systems essential for maintaining performance and reliability. However, traditional cooling solutions such as fans and vents are often blocked by dust, hair, and other particles.

Ventiva’s ICE9 thermal management system uses Ionic Cooling Engine (ICE®) technology to cool electronics devices without moving parts, noise, or vibration. With the enhanced, intelligent system controller, the innovative air-cooling system is able to dynamically respond to the device environment, enabling it to identify and combat dust throughout a product’s lifespan to prevent overheating and system degradation.

“Dust is a fact of life, and no electronic device is completely immune to its effects. With our enhanced intelligent software controller, we are able to defeat dust and mitigate system degradation over the lifetime of a product,” said Carl Schlachte, Chairman, President, and CEO of Ventiva. “Ventiva’s thermal management system is a novel cooling technology that is not a fan, and in fact does much more, opening up a new world of feature functionality for laptops.”

The ICE9 thermal management system with intelligent software control will be available to early adopters.

About ICE Technology

Ventiva’s patented ICE technology generates movement of air without any moving parts, noise, or vibration, leveraging the principles of electrohydrodynamic (EHD) flow to move ionized air molecules within an electric field. The ICE9 thermal management suite offers a “smart” cooling solution that continuously monitors its operation, delivering more or less airflow as an electronic system requires. Combining advanced monitoring and algorithms, the ICE9 suite’s real-time software can be combined with overall system performance monitoring to provide a robust, device-wide thermal solution.

About Ventiva

Ventiva, a leading company in active cooling solutions for electronic devices, enables thinner, faster, and cooler high-performance devices that are lightweight, silent, and vibration-free. The company’s patented ICE® technology is a pioneering all-electronic heat transfer technology created to address the thermal problems exacerbated by modern high-performance semiconductor design. Learn more at www.ventiva.com or follow us on LinkedIn.

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