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A device including a heat-absorbing component, and one or more heat-generating components. At least one heat-generating component is located in proximity to an inner surface of the heat-absorbing component, and a gap exists between the at least one heat-generating component and the inner surface of

A device including a heat-absorbing component, and one or more heat-generating components. At least one heat-generating component is located in proximity to an inner surface of the heat-absorbing component, and a gap exists between the at least one heat-generating component and the inner surface of the heat-absorbing component. The device further including an insulator, located in the gap, including an insulator structure enclosing atmospheric pressure gas, where the atmospheric pressure gas has a thermal conductivity lower than air.

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1. A device comprising: a heat-absorbing component;one or more heat-generating components, at least one heat-generating component located in proximity to an inner surface of the heat-absorbing component, wherein a gap exists between the at least one heat-generating component and the inner surface of

1. A device comprising: a heat-absorbing component;one or more heat-generating components, at least one heat-generating component located in proximity to an inner surface of the heat-absorbing component, wherein a gap exists between the at least one heat-generating component and the inner surface of the heat-absorbing component, the gap having a length of less than one millimeter; andan insulator, located in the gap, including a container, the container being separate from a frame of the device, the container being a flexible polymer-based pouch structure defining an internal cavity, the flexible polymer-based pouch structure including at least one layer of material coupled with itself or another layer with a sealant, the container enclosing atmospheric pressure gas within the internal cavity, the atmospheric pressure gas having a thermal conductivity lower than air, wherein a thickness of the insulator is less than one millimeter. 2. The device of claim 1, wherein the heat-absorbing component includes an enclosure of the device, and the at least one heat-generating component includes a computer processing unit (CPU) of the device. 3. The device of claim 1, wherein the at least one layer of material includes a first layer and a second layer, the first layer being a polymer-based layer, the second layer being a barrier layer, the barrier layer having a thickness of 7 to 25 microns. 4. The device of claim 1, wherein the at least one layer of material defines an inner surface, and a portion of the inner surface is coupled to another portion of the inner surface with the sealant. 5. The device of claim 1, wherein the at least one layer of material is folded in half with the sealant extending on three sides of the container. 6. The device of claim 1, wherein the at least one layer of material is bonded with another layer with the sealant extending on four sides of the container. 7. The device of claim 1, wherein the atmospheric pressure gas includes multiple gases including Xenon, Argon, and a light gas, the light gas being Helium or Hydrogen. 8. The device of claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the container is embedded in the enclosure. 9. The device of claim 1, wherein the atmospheric pressure gas includes xenon. 10. The device of claim 1, wherein the atmospheric pressure gas includes a primary atmospheric pressure gas having a thermal conductivity lower than air and a secondary atmospheric pressure gas having a thermal conductivity lower than air different than the primary atmospheric pressure gas, the secondary atmospheric pressure gas having a molecule size similar to at least one of oxygen and nitrogen such that the secondary atmospheric pressure gas permeates out of the container at a similar rate in which oxygen and nitrogen permeate inside the container, wherein a size of the container remains substantially the same over time as molecules of the secondary atmospheric pressure gas are replaced with molecules of at least one of oxygen and nitrogen within the internal cavity of the container. 11. The device of claim 10, wherein the thermal conductivity of the secondary atmospheric pressure gas is higher than the thermal conductivity of the primary atmospheric pressure gas. 12. The device of claim 1, wherein the at least one layer of material includes an outer polymer layer, a barrier layer, an inner polymer layer, and one or more adhesive or heat-sealed layers. 13. An insulator for a device, the insulator comprising: a container separate from a frame of the device, the container having a size that fits within a gap existing between at least one heat-generating component and an inner surface of a heat-absorbing component, the gap having a length of less than one millimeter, the container being a flexible polymer-based pouch structure defining an internal cavity, the flexible polymer-based pouch structure including at least one layer of material coupled with itself with a sealant, the at least one layer of material including a polymer-based layer and a barrier layer, wherein a thickness of the container is in a range of 12-120 microns; andatmospheric pressure gas located within the internal cavity of the container, the atmospheric pressure gas having a thermal conductivity lower than air. 14. The insulator of claim 13, wherein the barrier layer is aluminum foil. 15. An insulator for a computing device, the insulator comprising: a container that is separate from a frame of the computing device, the container being a flexible polymer-based pouch structure defining an internal cavity, the flexible polymer-based pouch structure including at least one layer of material coupled with itself with a sealant, the container having a size that fits within a gap existing between a computer processing unit (CPU) of the computing device and at least one heat-absorbing component, the gap having a length of less than one millimeter, the at least one layer of material including a polymer-based layer and an aluminum foil layer, the aluminum foil layer having a thickness in a range of 7 to 25 microns;a primary atmospheric pressure gas disposed within the internal cavity of the container, the atmospheric pressure gas having a thermal conductivity lower than air; anda secondary atmospheric pressure gas disposed within the internal cavity of the container, the secondary atmospheric pressure gas being different than the primary atmospheric pressure gas. 16. The insulator of claim 15, wherein the aluminum foil layer is coupled to the polymer-based layer. 17. The insulator of claim 15, wherein the primary atmospheric pressure gas has a molecule size such that the primary atmospheric pressure gas permeates out of the container at a first permeation rate and the secondary atmospheric pressure gas has a molecule size such that the secondary atmospheric pressure gas permeates out of the container at a second permeation rate, the second permeation rate being higher than the first permeation rate such that the secondary atmospheric pressure gas leaks out of the container at a faster rate than the primary atmospheric pressure gas, wherein the molecule size of the secondary atmospheric pressure gas is similar to at least one of oxygen and nitrogen such that a size of the container remains substantially the same over time as molecules of the secondary atmospheric pressure gas are replaced with molecules of at least one of oxygen and nitrogen within the internal cavity of the container.