Is the end of thermal paste in sight for HPC?

Uncwilly · 2020-09-16, 17:35

I heard an interview with the founder of this company. Sounds like a good product and that company is prepared to start delivering product to the HPC industry. Carbon nanotubes aligned and connected to an aluminum foil substrate.

https://carbice.com/

Mark Rose · 2020-09-16, 18:22

Carb ice is a scary thing to piston pilots.

M344587487 · 2020-09-16, 18:32

Probably not, the website looks like typical marketing nonsense and thermal pads instead of paste have existed for a long time. Slightly worse thermally as they have to be thicker than a proper paste application, more expensive so consumers rarely buy them, but supposedly more reliable at getting decent contact with uneven surfaces and easy to install so some manufacturers use them. Uneven MCM chips at the very least involving multiple stacks of HBM may be a thing depending on how they're manufactured so thermal pads may see some use in HPC.

Unless I'm misreading their website and they actually have a good product, in which case they probably shouldn't have employed a marketer to hide it so well.

Uncwilly · 2020-09-16, 18:45

Listen to the interview with the founder here:
https://theorbitalmechanics.com/show...baratunde-cola

They have been working on the space application market as a starter and have been looking toward HPC and the general market eventually.

ATH · 2020-09-17, 00:02

Sounds a bit like this stuff:

https://www.digikey.ca/en/product-hi...raphite-sheets

Except it wasn't really meant for CPU cooling so did not turn out so well:

2020-09-16, 17:35	#1
Uncwilly 6809 > 6502 """"""""""""""""""" Aug 2003 101×103 Posts 25474₈ Posts	Is the end of thermal paste in sight for HPC? I heard an interview with the founder of this company. Sounds like a good product and that company is prepared to start delivering product to the HPC industry. Carbon nanotubes aligned and connected to an aluminum foil substrate. https://carbice.com/

2020-09-17, 00:02	#5
ATH Einyen Dec 2003 Denmark 2²·863 Posts	Sounds a bit like this stuff: https://www.digikey.ca/en/product-hi...raphite-sheets Except it wasn't really meant for CPU cooling so did not turn out so well: Last fiddled with by ATH on 2020-09-17 at 00:03

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Uncwilly 6809 > 6502 """"""""""""""""""" Aug 2003 101×103 Posts 2²·2,767 Posts	Listen to the interview with the founder here: https://theorbitalmechanics.com/show...baratunde-cola They have been working on the space application market as a starter and have been looking toward HPC and the general market eventually.