In high-performance servers, effective thermal management is essential for maintaining performance and ensuring equipment reliability.
Because operating temperatures in server environments significantly affect both performance and service life, effective temperature control is required.
To address this challenge, it is important to adopt cooling modules optimized for the operating conditions of each server.
UPT meets this need by custom-designing and supplying cold plates with high cooling performance, combining photo-etching technologies with diffusion bonding technologies.
Why Thermal Management Is Critical to Server Performance and Service Life
Thermal management plays a crucial role in server performance and longevity for the following four main reasons:
- Servers generate large amounts of heat under high workloads, and overheating can reduce processing performance.
- High-temperature environments accelerate the degradation of electronic components, shortening hardware service life.
- Insufficient cooling increases the risk of system crashes and unexpected shutdowns, compromising operational stability.
- Excessive strain on cooling systems reduces energy efficiency, resulting in higher operating costs.
For these reasons, the more powerful and heat-generating a server becomes, the more important it is to implement appropriate and effective thermal management measures.
Case Study: Cold Plates for High-Performance Servers Achieving Thermal Management
After conducting simulations at UPT to determine the optimal flow-channel width, the team developed a custom cold plate to maximize thermal conductivity.
As a result, both high heat-dissipation performance and space savings through a finless design were successfully achieved.
Customer Challenge
Previously, heat dissipation for the high-performance servers was handled using air-cooled heat sinks with fins. However, sufficient cooling performance could not be achieved, resulting in failures caused by excessive heat buildup.
UPT Proposal and Solution
By proposing a compact, water-cooled cold plate with excellent heat-dissipation performance, UPT achieved both high thermal performance and a space-saving design.
UPT’s Cold Plate Solutions
UPT specializes in custom cold-plate design and manufacturing, offering solutions optimized for each customer’s application.
From flow-channel design to manufacturing-process selection, UPT supports customers throughout the entire development process to achieve optimal thermal performance.