thermal envelope
/ˈθɜːrməl ˈɛnvəloʊp/
the maximum amount of heat a chip is designed to dissipate under sustained load, measured in watts
thermal envelope in a sentence
“The laptop chip's 15W thermal envelope required careful cooling system design.”
Origin of thermal envelope
Greek therme heat + Latin involupare to wrap
Related Words
EDA
Electronic Design Automation; software tools used to design, simulate, and verify integrated circuits before manufacturing
reticle
the photomask containing one or more chip patterns, used in a stepper to expose those patterns onto a wafer
IDM
Integrated Device Manufacturer; a semiconductor company that both designs and manufactures its own chips
HBM
High Bandwidth Memory; a stacked DRAM technology that places memory dies directly atop or beside a processor for extreme data throughput
back-end-of-line
the stage of chip fabrication that creates the metal interconnect layers connecting transistors to each other
transistor
a semiconductor device that amplifies or switches electrical signals; the fundamental building block of modern electronics