Nov 28, 2023 23:00:00

What is the cooling system 'AirJet' that is attached to MacBook Air and brings out the same performance as MacBook Pro?

Many Mac products, such as Apple's high-end notebook PC

MacBook Pro , are equipped with fans to cool the SoC . On the other hand, MacBook Air does not have a fan, so performance will be lower than other Mac products when performing heavy tasks. AirJet , a cooling system product developed by electronics manufacturer Flore Systems , can be attached to a thin notebook PC like the MacBook Air to maintain the appropriate temperature inside the MacBook Air and improve performance. It is said that it is possible.

How do you cool ultra-thin devices? | Blog | Flore Systems
https://www.froresystems.com/blog/how-do-you-cool-ultra-thin-devices

AirJet makes a MacBook Air perform like a MacBook Pro | Macworld

https://www.macworld.com/article/2150862/airjet-makes-a-macbook-air-perform-like-a-macbook-pro.html

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The cooling system 'AirJet' developed by Frore is one of the products called 'solid state active cooling chips', and the size is only 27.5 mm long x 41.5 mm wide x 2.8 mm thick, and it can be installed in a typical notebook PC. It is very small compared to other fans. Therefore, it can fit inside a 15-inch MacBook Air equipped with an M2 chip that measures 23.76 cm long x 34.04 cm wide x 1.15 cm thick.

AirJet's mechanism is that a special membrane installed inside vibrates at ultrasonic frequencies to generate airflow and exhaust the heat inside the PC through the ventilation holes.

The mechanism of AirJet is explained in detail in the following article.

What is 'Solid State Active Cooling' that is card-sized but can cool the CPU and GPU much more quietly than conventional fans? -GIGAZINE

In Frore's demo, the Cinebendh R23 benchmark results on a pre-AirJet M2-equipped 15-inch MacBook Air were 7% lower than the M2-equipped MacBook Pro. However, when AirJet was installed on the M2-equipped 15-inch MacBook Air, the Cinebench R23 benchmark results were almost the same as the M2-equipped MacBook Pro.

Frore also added an air intake near the MacBook Air's hinge and used the speaker holes as exhaust ports to increase heat circulation efficiency.

Regarding the AirJet, Frore said, ``It is not originally a consumer product, and there are no plans to manufacture a consumer kit.This demo on the MacBook Air is just a proof of concept for the AirJet. By introducing AirJet instead, that space could be used for purposes such as battery expansion.'

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