Copper-Graphene Nanocomposite Cools Electronics Faster & Cheaper

samazon writes "North Carolina State University researcher Jag Kasichainula has developed a 'heat spreader' to cool electronics more efficiently using a copper-graphene composite, which is attached using an indium-graphene interface film. According to Kasichainula, the technique will cool 25% faster than pure copper and will cost less to produce than the copper plate heat spreaders currently used by most electronics (abstract). Better performance at a lower cost? Let's hope so."

Comments

Odd, hardware as "vaporware"

[pla]

First, this sounds great - Cheaper and better (plus the "Now with Graphene(tm)" factor), what not to like?

That said, we've heard about dozens of better way to cool chips, from chips where the heat sink passes through the die, to silicon with fluid channels, to built-in peltiers, to microturbines, etc.

These all have the potential to dramatically improve cooling while reducing the cost to do so... And they all have the same glaring flaw - Where do I buy one?

Graphene

[geekoid]

it's the new plastic.