Intel’s newest cooling technology, aimed squarely at increasingly-svelte notebooks, is designed to keep the exterior of these hot devices cool to the touch. Cited as a primary impediment for the further reduction in notebook thickness, Intel describes a point where thinness meets temperature-related user discomfort and progress halts.

The cooling technology, know as laminar jet cooling, is similar to the techniques used with the turbine engines featured on aircraft. While the internal components of a turbine engine can reach 1000 degrees celsius, the exterior must be cool to the touch so as not to combust the jet fuel in close proximity. This technique is achieved by using parallel veins of air that sap heat away with startling efficiency.

Hoping to dispense with the bulky cooling that dictates the thickness of today’s laptops, Intel has licensed the techology to vendors in the pursuit of notebooks with ever thinner profiles.