Frore Systems increases MacBook Air sustained CPU Power by 67% with AirJet® Mini Upgrade – equivalent to a MacBook Pro - and wins prestigious CES2024 awards for innovation.
SAN JOSE, California – November 20, 2023 – Frore Systems, the pioneering developer behind AirJet, the world's first Solid-State Active Cooling Chip, has once again pushed the boundaries of performance. Today, they unveiled a groundbreaking demonstration of AirJet's capabilities by upgrading a standard MacBook Air with 3 AirJet Minis. The results are staggering, with a 67% increase in sustained CPU power from 12W to 20W and a 23% boost in sustained processor speed, from 2600 to 3200 MHz. This translates to more productivity and enhanced user experiences, for example a 12% increase in multi-core Cinebench score from 7800 to 8750 and a 26% increase in the ‘Shadow of the Tomb Raider’ game performance from 23 fps to 29 fps – matching the performance of the more powerful MacBook Pro.
Frore Systems embarked on this MacBook Air retrofit project independently, without any collaboration with Apple. The objective was to showcase the remarkable performance improvement that AirJet Mini delivers in ultra-slim fanless Notebooks. The MacBook Air, celebrated for its sleek form factor and quiet operation, relies on passive cooling, without active cooling components like fans. This limitation results in thermal throttling, causing performance degradation during demanding computational tasks such as media editing, rendering, generative AI processing, and gaming, all due to the rapid heat buildup within the M2 processor CPU, GPU and NPU. Traditionally, the thermal aspect of technology lacked meaningful innovation, relying on outdated and inefficient methods such as bulky heat sinks and noisy fans. Now, with AirJet's thin, silent, dustproof, active heat removal, a new era of designs are emerging, promising higher performance in smaller packages, across a wide array of consumer electronics devices.
The introduction of AirJet and its ability to boost performance in ultra-thin devices has not escaped the attention of major PC manufacturers. They now see a promising path to match or even surpass the performance offered by the Apple M2 chip in these slim and stylish devices.
Dr. Seshu Madhavapeddy, Founder and CEO of Frore Systems, commented on this significant milestone, stating, "Retrofitting the MacBook Air with AirJet® marks a pivotal moment for Frore Systems. Apple is renowned for its performance in the ultra-slim notebook market, and until now, other manufacturers have found it difficult to compete. With AirJet, PC manufacturers can for the first-time design actively cooled, silent, thinner, dustproof, higher performance notebooks, which is a gamechanger for both the industry and consumers."
Frore Systems is also celebrating AirJet Mini being recognized with multiple awards in the prestigious 2024 CES Innovation Awards. AirJet received the Best of Innovation Award and was named Honoree in the categories of Computer Hardware & Components, and Embedded Technologies. This renowned competition annually honors excellence in the design and engineering of consumer technology products. The CES® Innovation Awards are adjudicated by experts from various domains within the consumer technology industry, including designers, engineers, and media professionals. Adding to a string of awards AirJet has received in 2023, this achievement is yet another testament to the substantial influence that AirJet is having within the technology market.
Frore Systems launched the AirJet Mini in January 2023 and has seen unprecedented demand for the small, highly effective active cooling chip. The AirJet Mini is just 2.8mm thick, 27.5mm x 41.5mm in size, and weighs only 9 grams. AirJet is a scalable solution, with additional heat removal achievable by simply adding more AirJet chips. Each chip removes 5W of heat, and the easy integration of multiple chips means two chips can remove 10W, three chips 15W and so on. AirJet’s compact size and scalable nature means manufacturers can adopt the heat removal technology in a wide range of applications, enabling increased performance in faster, thinner, lighter, silent, and dustproof devices.
ABOUT FRORE SYSTEMS
Frore Systems is the developer of breakthrough thermal technology for electronic and consumer devices. The company’s active cooling chip, AirJet® is integrated into devices to remove heat silently, resulting in major performance gains. Frore Systems is headquartered in San Jose, CA with an office and manufacturing facility in Taiwan. For more information, visit: https://froresystems.com/
For further information contact:
Sue Ryan VP Marketing
sue@froresystems.com
Cell: +1 314 914 5008
