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Most of you know about all the types of heatsinks out there, made from aluminum and copper, or a mix. Copper has the second highest heat transfer coefficient of any metal, with silver being the best. This makes heatsink technology seem to be at a standstill, but madex, is moving to new grounds it seems. Carbon heatsinks, yes, carbon. Carbon fibres have heat transfer coefficients far beyond that of any metal, the only problem is it only works with the length of the fibre, not across the fibre (unidirectional). If they can get a good process to produce these, they might be affordable, but the manufacturering is the hardest part. Anandtech has a pic of some early prototypes.
This gets me all excited.
Most of you know about all the types of heatsinks out there, made from aluminum and copper, or a mix. Copper has the second highest heat transfer coefficient of any metal, with silver being the best. This makes heatsink technology seem to be at a standstill, but madex, is moving to new grounds it seems. Carbon heatsinks, yes, carbon. Carbon fibres have heat transfer coefficients far beyond that of any metal, the only problem is it only works with the length of the fibre, not across the fibre (unidirectional). If they can get a good process to produce these, they might be affordable, but the manufacturering is the hardest part. Anandtech has a pic of some early prototypes.
This gets me all excited.