http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/purdues-carbon-nanotubes-could-trump-heat-sinks/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/purdues-carbon-nanotubes-could-trump-heat-sinks/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/purdues-carbon-nanotubes-could-trump-heat-sinks/Oct 2nd 2007 8:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/purdues-carbon-nanotubes-could-trump-heat-sinks/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/purdues-carbon-nanotubes-could-trump-heat-sinks/Oct 2nd 2007 8:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/purdues-carbon-nanotubes-could-trump-heat-sinks/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/purdues-carbon-nanotubes-could-trump-heat-sinks/Oct 2nd 2007 1:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/purdues-carbon-nanotubes-could-trump-heat-sinks/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/purdues-carbon-nanotubes-could-trump-heat-sinks/
-as being childish and in poor taste.

Recognize the inappropriate.]]>Oct 2nd 2007 1:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/purdues-carbon-nanotubes-could-trump-heat-sinks/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/purdues-carbon-nanotubes-could-trump-heat-sinks/Oct 2nd 2007 2:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/purdues-carbon-nanotubes-could-trump-heat-sinks/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/purdues-carbon-nanotubes-could-trump-heat-sinks/Oct 2nd 2007 8:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/purdues-carbon-nanotubes-could-trump-heat-sinks/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/purdues-carbon-nanotubes-could-trump-heat-sinks/Oct 2nd 2007 8:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/purdues-carbon-nanotubes-could-trump-heat-sinks/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/purdues-carbon-nanotubes-could-trump-heat-sinks/Oct 2nd 2007 8:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/purdues-carbon-nanotubes-could-trump-heat-sinks/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/purdues-carbon-nanotubes-could-trump-heat-sinks/Oct 2nd 2007 12:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/purdues-carbon-nanotubes-could-trump-heat-sinks/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/purdues-carbon-nanotubes-could-trump-heat-sinks/Oct 2nd 2007 8:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/purdues-carbon-nanotubes-could-trump-heat-sinks/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/purdues-carbon-nanotubes-could-trump-heat-sinks/Oct 2nd 2007 9:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/purdues-carbon-nanotubes-could-trump-heat-sinks/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/purdues-carbon-nanotubes-could-trump-heat-sinks/
From the article content it sounds like the nano-tubes work in conjunction with the heat sink by replacing traditional thermal bonding compounds such as Arctic Silver. So no trumping would occur!]]>Oct 2nd 2007 9:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/purdues-carbon-nanotubes-could-trump-heat-sinks/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/purdues-carbon-nanotubes-could-trump-heat-sinks/
This is not a new heatsink, its a new experimental TIM]]>Oct 2nd 2007 10:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/purdues-carbon-nanotubes-could-trump-heat-sinks/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/purdues-carbon-nanotubes-could-trump-heat-sinks/
Maybe someday instead of overpaying for arctic silver, people can overpay for carbon nanotube forest growing fairy dust to sprinkle on their new cpus. ]]>Oct 2nd 2007 12:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/purdues-carbon-nanotubes-could-trump-heat-sinks/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/purdues-carbon-nanotubes-could-trump-heat-sinks/
It's an odd thing, and unfortunately quite common on the "tech blogs".]]>Oct 2nd 2007 1:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/purdues-carbon-nanotubes-could-trump-heat-sinks/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/purdues-carbon-nanotubes-could-trump-heat-sinks/
seems to be based on a reallllly old Etch system
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The major problem however (other than cost) is the fact that natural diamonds are not large enough or uniform enough to use.

I can not wait until they perfect making synthetic diamonds.]]>Oct 2nd 2007 10:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/purdues-carbon-nanotubes-could-trump-heat-sinks/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/purdues-carbon-nanotubes-could-trump-heat-sinks/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthetic_diamond

This is sort of parallel to what they are doing here, Diamonds are just extremely densely packed carbon.]]>Oct 2nd 2007 10:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/purdues-carbon-nanotubes-could-trump-heat-sinks/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/purdues-carbon-nanotubes-could-trump-heat-sinks/
But CVD should work great for diamond-like ICs. They would operate cooler and transmit eletrons faster than silicon. They already make lots of things out of synthetic diamond. Windows on spacecraft, scaplels, etc. Why not the processor in my MacBook Pro? :D]]>Oct 2nd 2007 12:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/purdues-carbon-nanotubes-could-trump-heat-sinks/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/purdues-carbon-nanotubes-could-trump-heat-sinks/]]>Oct 2nd 2007 1:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/purdues-carbon-nanotubes-could-trump-heat-sinks/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/purdues-carbon-nanotubes-could-trump-heat-sinks/Oct 2nd 2007 1:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/purdues-carbon-nanotubes-could-trump-heat-sinks/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/purdues-carbon-nanotubes-could-trump-heat-sinks/you want some really large synthetic diamonds? make your own heatsink, go here : www.cvd-diamond.com commercially available! CDsize wafers, polished or raw. ]]>Oct 2nd 2007 2:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/purdues-carbon-nanotubes-could-trump-heat-sinks/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/purdues-carbon-nanotubes-could-trump-heat-sinks/
Not sure about the thermal conductivity of diamond, but carbon nanotubes are pretty interesting in this regard. Apparently they're extremely good thermal conductors along their axis, and extremely poor perpendicular - your "Nano heat pipe" analogy is bang on.]]>Oct 2nd 2007 3:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/purdues-carbon-nanotubes-could-trump-heat-sinks/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/purdues-carbon-nanotubes-could-trump-heat-sinks/Oct 2nd 2007 4:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/purdues-carbon-nanotubes-could-trump-heat-sinks/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/purdues-carbon-nanotubes-could-trump-heat-sinks/
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Making your thermal conductivity needs come true.]]>Oct 2nd 2007 12:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/purdues-carbon-nanotubes-could-trump-heat-sinks/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/purdues-carbon-nanotubes-could-trump-heat-sinks/Oct 2nd 2007 11:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/purdues-carbon-nanotubes-could-trump-heat-sinks/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/purdues-carbon-nanotubes-could-trump-heat-sinks/Oct 2nd 2007 12:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/purdues-carbon-nanotubes-could-trump-heat-sinks/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/purdues-carbon-nanotubes-could-trump-heat-sinks/Shame on us.]]>Oct 2nd 2007 1:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/purdues-carbon-nanotubes-could-trump-heat-sinks/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/purdues-carbon-nanotubes-could-trump-heat-sinks/
Wait for it...

(fart)]]>Oct 2nd 2007 1:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/purdues-carbon-nanotubes-could-trump-heat-sinks/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/purdues-carbon-nanotubes-could-trump-heat-sinks/What the hell?

Wait... I think i hear something... BOOM!]]>Oct 2nd 2007 2:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/purdues-carbon-nanotubes-could-trump-heat-sinks/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/purdues-carbon-nanotubes-could-trump-heat-sinks/Oct 2nd 2007 10:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/purdues-carbon-nanotubes-could-trump-heat-sinks/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/purdues-carbon-nanotubes-could-trump-heat-sinks/Oct 2nd 2007 1:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/purdues-carbon-nanotubes-could-trump-heat-sinks/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/purdues-carbon-nanotubes-could-trump-heat-sinks/
You suck.


GO BOILERMAKERS!]]>Oct 2nd 2007 5:01PM