The new laptop, called AeroBlade, is fitted with four low-power cooling chips that are both "solid-state," meaning there are no moving parts, and "active" — they use a deliberate cooling mechanism — as opposed to relying on passive thermal energy transfer.
Lenovo representatives unveiled their new AeroBlade machine at Lenovo Innovation World '26, which took place Sept. 3 at IFA 2026 in Berlin, which itself ran between Sept. 4 and 8.
The AeroBlade measures less than 0.39 inches (10 mm) thick — where comparably sized machines measure 0.51 inches (12 mm) at their thinnest — and weighs just 1.8 pounds (830 g). Laptops as light as this exist, like the 1.76-pound (799 g) Acer Swift Blade 14, but they're rare. Counterparts with 14-inch screens are normally considered light if they fall between 2.2 to 2.86 pounds (1 to 1.3 kilograms).
A new approach to keeping cool
Four AirJet Mini chips are fitted inside the new Lenovo concept laptop. (Image credit: Lenovo and Frore Systems)Most laptops marketed as "AI PCs" just feature a neural processing unit (NPU) that can run simple AI workloads, such as manipulating or enhancing a webcam's video feed in real time.
Running on-device AI models usually demands significant power funneled into professional-grade graphics processing units (GPUs). Fans are deployed in all kinds of laptops to keep their chips cool, but they can be noisy. Instead of or in addition to fans, passive heat sinks, found in machines like the MacBook Air or the Microsoft Surface Pro, use metal plates positioned close to heat sources to absorb thermal energy. But these laptops are more prone to throttling — when their software pulls back performance to reduce temperature.
Related storiesThe AirJet Mini is a different way of cooling, relying on its own high-velocity jet mechanism to flush hot air away. Frore representatives said in a statement that the device operates at just 21 decibels at peak power — equivalent to the sound of leaves rustling or a whisper — and is capable of removing 7.5 watts of heat. Four of these chips would remove 30W of heat — which is in line with the heat expulsion of conventional laptop fans, although there is variation between models.
Although the underlying cooling technology is a few years old, having first been announced in December 2022, AeroBlade represents the first time it's been used in a fully operational laptop. The chip was previously integrated into the ZOTAC ZBOX PI430AJ Pico mini PC in 2023, while there are no commercially available tablets or laptops available with this chip. The AeroBlade laptop remains a concept model, with no information yet as to when production-ready machines fitted with this new cooling technology will emerge.
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