This is in response to the idea of watercooling going mainstream (much earlier in the thread).
Do you all know that there is a well understood method of making chips 30% faster? Even Intel made a prototype chip, and it worked just fine. But, no one uses that technology.
It doesn't matter as much whether or not it will work. It matters much more that the technology is easy to ship and reliable. Watercooling will probably never make it mainstream, sad to say, because of the comfort level. Manufacturers are unwilling to make a jump to a technology which will make customers uncomfortable. Also, it adds to the cost. The main market is not willing to spend $75 extra to watercool their chips, especially when their current systems run fast enough.
Remember the management mantra: good enough. If it's good enough, don't mess with it.
Anyway, the technology I was talking about earlier is called asynchronously timed circuits. Look it up on
http://www.eetimes.com for verification.