OCZ demos CNT HSF at Computex

Robert Hallock (Thrax) Carbon nanotubes, often considered to be the successor to Cu and Al, has been applied in OCZ's product being considered for retail.

June 10, 2007 6:05 PM ET in News,

This is so neat we decided to give this a spot of its own, but the lads at OCZ have demoed one of the first CNT-based heatsinks for the retail channels. The lads at DailyTech have some information about it, explaining the benefits of CNT as a conductor and dissipater of heat. Check it out here.

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10 Comments:

  1. Buddy J
    10 Jun '07, 7:18 pm

    I remember a few years ago when heatpipes were the new wave in cooling. CNT looks to be the next step. How long until we can get a review sample of this?

  2. airbornflght
    10 Jun '07, 10:04 pm

    Awesome! So Does it use water inside of that housing I'm guessing?

  3. TheLostSwede
    13 Jun '07, 5:14 am

    I'm not going to be able to say very much about the technology behind it as it is even hidden to me to some extent, but i can say that there is SERIOUS R&D putting into this technology. Law of physics can only get you down to a certain temperature and i think with this, we are getting very close to what is possible.

  4. Zuntar
    13 Jun '07, 7:40 am

    Sweet, simply sweet!

  5. Qeldroma
    13 Jun '07, 9:34 pm

    It's supposed to be 5x better than copper.

    Hope it will be priced reasonably.

  6. RWB
    13 Jun '07, 11:10 pm

    Neat but how are the nanotubes involved? Last I checked we have a problem making a tube more than a couple centimeters long, and are unable to really control how they line up(IE: Space Elevator and weaving the tubes to form a belt). Are they simply made then clumped together randomly or is there some form to it?

  7. airbornflght
    14 Jun '07, 10:47 pm

    maybe they only need to be a couple cm long.

  8. RyderOCZ
    14 Jun '07, 11:25 pm

    Here is some more info for you:
    CNTs have been around since the beginning of time since they do occur in nature. One example of where they were just recently discovered to provide superior strength are the damascene swords made by Assaf Allah in Damascus in the 17th century. Note that those are made of steel that is cold forged in the presence of some herbs that provide the carbon source that under thermo-mechanical pressure lines up in the form of nanotubes to crosslink the iron. Carbon nanotubes also naturally occur in higher concentration in arc-burned graphite rods.

    OCZ did and are in fact testing the cooler with a variety of materials including carbon nanotubes, but based on the excessive cost we are experimenting with a number of materials including directional carbon, and even a hybrid of copper/carbon nanotubes as well as copper/directional carbon.

  9. primesuspect
    14 Jun '07, 11:32 pm

    Incredible info, Eric... Thanks for the update.

    The famous "Damascus Dagger" - I had NO idea that it was legit because of carbon nanotubes! amazing!

  10. shwaip
    15 Jun '07, 11:15 am

    I've grown very small (micro-scale) carbon nanotubes in lab, and it was a long involved process. It interesting to see that enough progress has been made to do some applications with them.

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