Sony's Thermal Sheet Good As Paste For CPU Cooling

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Sony's Thermal Sheet Good As Paste For CPU Cooling

Posted by timothy on Tuesday July 17, 2012 @03:01AM from the also-better-with-salsa dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Sony has demonstrated a thermal sheet that it claims matches thermal paste in terms of cooling ability while beating it on life span. The key to the sheet is a combination of silicon and carbon fibers, to produce a thermal conductive layer that's between 0.3 and 2mm thick. In the demonstration, the same CPU was cooled by thermal paste and the thermal sheet side-by-side, with the paste keeping the processor at a steady 53 degrees Celsius. The sheet achieved a slightly better 50 degrees Celsius. The actual CPU used in the demonstration wasn't identified. Sony wants to get the thermal sheet used in servers and for projection units, but I can definitely see this being an option for typical PC builds, too. It's certainly going to be less messy and probably a lot cheaper than buying a tube of thermal paste."

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not to mention by MickyTheIdiot · 2012-07-17 03:07 · Score: 5, Funny

..it puts a rootkit on your machine, too.
1. Re:not to mention by Anonymous Coward · 2012-07-17 04:09 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Sony: Putting sheet in your computer since 2005!
And the third sign of the apoclypse was unsealed.. by firewrought · 2012-07-17 03:14 · Score: 5, Funny

and "Behold!" cried the archangel, "Sony has done something cool. Tremble with fear all ye nations...."

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Re:Cheaper? Nope, this is Sony we're talking about by jgtg32a · 2012-07-17 03:14 · Score: 4, Funny

I don't know about the rest of you but I have to buy a new tube every time I have a new CPU, the old tube always disappears.
Re:thermal paste? by Anonymous Coward · 2012-07-17 03:21 · Score: 0, Funny

No it doesn't work. During a hot day I tried applying this "thermal paste" over my whole body hoping to benefit from its "cooling ability", and I didn't feel any cooler. I will give the thermal sheet a try. It sounds way more convenient.
Re:Meh by sl4shd0rk · 2012-07-17 03:24 · Score: 5, Funny

How is this news?
Sony article that doesn't contain the words "Leak", "Compromised", "Stolen" or "Litigation".

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Re:Meh by gman003 · 2012-07-17 03:27 · Score: 4, Funny

At least not until the comments started.
Re:And the third sign of the apoclypse was unseale by SJHillman · 2012-07-17 03:36 · Score: 3, Funny

So you're saying it's less of a thermal sheet and more of a thermal hospital gown?